Over the River and Over the Hill

You can get anything you want

At Alice's Restaurant.

You can get anything you want

At Alice's Restaurant.

Walk right in, it's around the back

Just a half a mile from the railroad track.

You can get anything you want

At Alice's Restaurant.

Is there another song about Thanksgiving? The only one I even dredged up from childhood is "Over the River," but it doesn't say a dang thing about Thanksgiving Day. Could be about Christmas. Probably is.

But not The Alice's Restaurant Massacree. Definitely about Thanksgiving. Well, at least it happened during a Thanksgiving holiday. Whew! Every national holiday should have a song or two. Some have jillions. Poor Thanksgiving. Guess it's a holiday turkey.

A cool thing happened this evening: the International Space Station flew -- and I mean hauled ass! -- over our house tonight. It was astonishingly bright. And it had a trailer. There was another, dimmer light moving right behind it; keeping up with its speed and trajectory; very close, relatively speaking, and...what was it? No idea. It was weird. Loved it! I'm wondering if we'll hear an explanation for it, because it had to be apparent to any viewer.

Anyway, thanks Arlo, for mentioning Thanksgiving in a great song...a long time ago, sure, but that's part of what makes it a classic.