Lord, I'm Thankful for a Thing or Two, Updated

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

Wife and my kids and my dog are some

Just need to keep thankin’ till my days are done.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

Friends down here and friends over there

Without those friends, I’d be nowhere.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

Wrong in the world keep me up all night

Lookin’ for change to make it all right.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

High ideals buried deep in the heart

All come from You right from the start.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

Right to vote and to take a stand

Trying to get it right as much as I can.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

Stories of old that make us cry

Hope for the future lest we die.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

Thanksgiving Day is drawin’ near

Hope for justice maybe this year.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

Food on the table, hands will cling

Thanks to you we might even sing.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

For vision that inspires, for hope within

For faith in humanity again and again.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

Coffee in the morning, and time with you

Reading through the Book and other things, too.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

Waking each day with my wife, my bride

Feeling inspired with her by my side.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

Friends out east friends out west

Workin’ real hard and get no rest.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

Justice is hard and it comes real slow

Keep on workin’ with little to show.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord I’m thankful for a thing or two

Justice is worth it, those sleepless nights

Injustice is wrong, keep the right in sight.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

Grandsons five, younger and now older

Granddaughter makes six, here on my shoulder

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

A life now lived with minimal regrets

Looking to the future as sun soon sets.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

Things to read and words to write

Justice to stir to continue the fight.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

People who are called to walk beside

Feeling disregard, trying to stem the tide.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m hopin’ for a thing or two.

Yes, I’m hopin’ for a thing or two.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.