This Year We'll Thank You, Dad
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Country Ballad
An original example from a son to his dad. Every Thanksgiving Dad says grace, and it always runs long because he thanks everyone at the table by name, even the dog. He gets up at five to put the turkey in and won't let anyone else carve it, using the electric knife from 1989 that he keeps in its original box. This is his first Thanksgiving since retiring from the fire department after thirty-one years, and his son wanted him to hear that the family is grateful for him the way he has always been grateful for them.
Gentle country ballad at 88 BPM with a brushed-snare train beat and upright bass. Warm male baritone with an easy drawl and close harmony on the chorus. Fingerpicked acoustic guitar and mandolin, a stripped bridge and a big last chorus ending on a ringing chord.
“An original example of a Thanksgiving country ballad from a son to his dad, written for the first Thanksgiving since his dad retired from the fire department.”
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Every Thanksgiving you bow your head And grace runs long, the way it goes You thank us one by one by name Till every chair around you knows You never skip a single soul You even thank the dog
This year we'll thank you, Dad The way you've always thanked us all For every blessing that we had This year we'll thank you, Dad
You're up at five to start the bird While the whole house sleeps it off And nobody else gets near the carving That's one job you won't give up That electric knife from nineteen eighty-nine Still lives in its original box
This year we'll thank you, Dad The way you've always thanked us all For every blessing that we had This year we'll thank you, Dad
Thirty-one years with the fire department You showed up when folks were scared Now it's your first Thanksgiving retired First year you're simply sitting there So keep that chair and stay a while We've got something to say back
This year we'll thank you, Dad The way you've always thanked us all For every blessing that we had This year we'll thank you, Dad
You've been grateful for us all along Now we're grateful for you the same So sit down, Dad, and let us say your name We'll go one by one, the way you do
This year we'll thank you, Dad And yeah, it might run long Thirty-one years, the best we've had This year we'll thank you, Dad
You even thank the dog
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