The Thanksgiving Song - The Petersens (LIVE)

One of our favorite artists and songwriters is @Ben Rector. We have seen him live more times than we can count and when he released this song last year, we knew we wanted to cover it. Thanks for continuing to put beautiful music in the world, Ben!

And for our friends across the world, Thanksgiving in the United States is always the fourth Thursday of November, and we celebrate it with some sweet family traditions https://petersenband.com/thanksgiving-traditions/

►Join us in Branson for our live Christmas show experience! We feature this song and many more from our Christmas album, Christmas with The Petersens https://tickets.petersenband.com/

►More songs of home:
Take Me Home, Country Roads https://youtu.be/qap9Qm-Q894
Back Home Again https://youtu.be/q9lCqKkLqNg
Moments https://youtu.be/PBLSzetYYWs

►Photo album: Fall in the Ozarks
Grapes of Wreath https://www.instagram.com/p/CVn08bdv3ri/
Gorgeous Finley Farms https://www.instagram.com/p/CU5eXAvF9_N/
Autumn colors https://www.instagram.com/p/CVx7kf_JtMv/
Pumpkins in the City https://www.instagram.com/p/CUfhZnhrU8P/

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►This video:
Vocals and fiddle: @Katie Petersen
Vocals and banjo: @Ellen Haygood
Harmony vocal and guitar: @Matt Petersen
Harmony vocal and mandolin: @Julianne
Bass: Karen Petersen
Dobro: Emmett Franz

Venue: The Workshop https://finleyfarmsmo.com/
Johnny Morris and his family are pouring their hearts into preserving a collection of old buildings and bringing them into new use, with a museum, restaurant, cafe, event spaces and homegrown farm. The place is wonderful and this time we filmed in the retail area of The Workshop.

Turn on captions (CC) to see the lyrics on screen.
Special thanks to Troy Dixon for helping us with audio and Aaron Clark for the videography.
Microphones by Ear Trumpet Labs https://www.eartrumpetlabs.com/

►LYRICS - The Thanksgiving Song
Familiar highways
Lined with leaves turned brown
Making my way
Back into my hometown

Funny how this all looks different
But it feels the same
Like how life never stops changing
But some things never change

So fill your plate and fill your drink
And fill this house with family
The kind of love that all these years can't wash away
'Cause the older that I get
I see that life is short and bittersweet
Thank God for this Thanksgiving Day

Watching football
Watching families grow
The old kids' table
All have kids of their own

Starting to see my grandfather
In my nephew's eyes
Mom still can't talk about him
And not almost cry

So fill your plate and fill your drink
And fill this house with family
The kind of love a thousand miles can't wash away
'Cause the older that I get
I see that life is short and bittersweet
Thank God for this Thanksgiving Day

So fill your plate and fill your drink
Put your dishes in the kitchen sink
And let the leftover year just wash away
'Cause we made it through, I do believe
The longest year in history
Thank God it's Thanksgiving Day

So fill your plate and fill your drink
And fill this house with family
The kind of love a thousand miles can't wash away
'Cause the older that I get
I see that life is short and bittersweet
Thank God for this Thanksgiving Day

Oh, thank God that it's Thanksgiving, hmmm

►The Petersens:
We celebrate American roots music with family values, and perform full time in Branson, Missouri in the USA. The band consists of four siblings, Katie, Ellen, Matt, and Julianne, our mom Karen, and good friend Emmett Franz. Learn more about our family on our website https://petersenband.com/

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This song features on: Hopefully a future Live Sessions album