We Gather Together - With Atheists

One week until Thanksgiving and I thought I would share this. It's from a new musical I'm working on. 

Thanksgiving is not a religious holiday, but all the songs are essentially hymns. This one's for the atheists. And because I live in Los Angeles, it's about that too.

We All Arrived Here
(sung to the tune of "We Gather Together")

We all arrived here without any Hosannas

We basted, test-tasted our Thanksgiving fare

The wicked winds blowing, they’re called the Santa Anas

But we are all safe, and with nary a prayer.

Beside us to guide us, was Waze at our service

Through bad LA traffic it found the right way

The SIG alert gridlock, it sure made us nervous

Thanks to Google we are here drinking good chardonnay

Now all praise the potluck – it’s made without dairy

The gluten-free stuffing is sure to be grand.

A village it takes, not friends imaginary

We all deserve credit, cause nothing was canned.

Amen.

© 2019 by Laura Foti Cohen