A lot of things have happened   Since the last time we spoke   Some of them are funny   Some of em aint no joke   And I trust you will forgive me   If I lay it on the line   I always thought you were a friend of mine      Sometimes I think about you   I wonder how youre doing now   And what youre going through      The last time I saw you   We were playing with fire   We were loaded with passion   And a burning desire   For every breath, for every day of living   And this is my thanksgiving      Now the trouble with you and me, my friend   Is the trouble with this nation   Too many blessings, too little appreciation   And I know that kind of notionwell, it just aint cool   So send me back to sunday school   Because Im tired of waiting for reason to arrive   Its too long weve been living   These unexamined lives      Ive got great expectations   Ive got family and friends   Ive got satisfying work   Ive got a back that bends   For every breath, for every day of living   This is my thanksgiving      Have you noticed that an angry man   Can only get so far   Until he reconciles the way he thinks things ought to be   With the way things are      Here in this fragmented world, I still believe   In learning how to give love, and how to receive it   And I would not be among those who abuse this privilege   Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge      And I dont mind saying that I still love it all   I wallowed in the springtime   Now Im welcoming the fall   For every moment of joy   Every hour of fear   For every winding road that brought me here   For every breath, for every day of living   This is my thanksgiving      For everyone who helped me start   And for everything that broke my heart   For every breath, for every day of living