Fallen Leaf
By Jim Stewart c 1977

We all sat at the big oak table

On Christmas and Thanksgiving Day

Grandpa would carve the turkey

And we would all hear Grandma say

God bless this food and the people here today

Put another leaf in the table, We've got company on the way.

All of my aunts and uncles would all come around

Even a few of my cousins, when they were in town.

We'd swap white lies and sometimes tell the truth.

But when it came to eating that turkey, we knew just what to do.

People come and people go

But I guess I'll just remain.

Now I'm the only one at that big oak table

On Christmas and Thanksgiving Day.

But I can still see Grandpa carving that turkey

And I can still hear Grandma say

God Bless this food and the people here today

Put another leaf in the table, we've got company on the way.