My friend Heather put me onto this Thanksgiving Tradition. A local radio station annually plays Alice’s Restaurant at 12 noon on Thanksgiving. For the life of me I can’t remember which station does, but it doesn’t matter now; I found a decent YouTube with Arlo Guthrie playing at Guthrie Center, July, 2005:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_7C0QGkiVo

It has a few good visuals to it, too that you don’t quite get on the radio. So here are the words in case you want to take two or three friends with you to some coffee place or restaurant or something, sing this song at the top of your lungs--in harmony--and not be chased out for being 40 years too late!

(You’ll have to watch the ‘Tube or listen on the radio tomorrow at 12 noon for the tune)

You can get anything you want

At Alice’s Restaurant

(‘cept’n Alice)

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