So here we are, all gathered 'round
The time has come again
To celebrate Thanksgiving with
A group of special friends.
So many things have happened since
We last joined in this feast.
It's been a year of ups and downs,
To say the very least.

Unwelcome visitors came by,
One heck of a surprise
When Charley, Frances, Ivan showed up,
Dropping from the skies.
Shutters up, then shutters down
Then shutters up once more.
Power off, then on - a zillion
Trips down to the store.

But we were spared by grace of God
Or maybe pure dumb luck.
Our hearts go out to those small towns
Where all three storms had struck.
Sometimes I think that Life's a game
With fortune won or lost
Depending on really nothing more
Than how the dice are tossed.

Election came - election went
And Bush is still on top.
Kerry had a flipping chance
But, in the end, he flopped.
Sometimes it seems we just don't get
A decent man to choose
And even when we win, we get
The feeling that we lose.

The Dolphins??? HAH! No winners there
Since Ricky went to pot
But Shaq's in town to save us and
The Heat look pretty hot.
The Marlins fell a little short
Of making play-off games
And Hurricanes and Seminoles
Have both gone down in flames.

So close the book on this past year.
It's time to bid adieu.
Let's concentrate on all the things
We're looking forward to.
Let's say a prayer for all our soldiers
Fighting in Iraq
With hopes that soon will come the day
We have our young men back.

Let's toast to health and happiness
Throughout the coming year
And hope that, next Thanksgiving,
We will meet again right here.