Three Generations

Wash the dishes
 Wash the dishes
 The Christmas dinner dishes
 Three generations in the kitchen all at once
 And go and get a camera
 And go and wake-up grandpa
 Three generations in the kitchen all at once
 And play a Christmas album
 The Elvis Christmas album
 Three generations sing Blue Christmas all at once
 And light another candle
 Come sit near the piano
 Three generations sing together all at once
 So put away the turkey
 To make sandwiches tomorrow, and
 Put away the bones to make the soup for the winter
 But not the wishbone just put it on the counter
 To let it dry out this week
 In time to make a wish for New Years eve
 And take turns with the washing
 And take turns with the drying
 Three generations in the kitchen all at once
 Soak the tough ones 'till tomorrow
 Save the suet for the winter sparrows
 Three generations Merry Christmas all at once
 And put away the turkey
 To make sandwiches tomorrow, and
 Put away the bones to make the soup for the winter
 But not the wishbone just put it on the counter
 To let it dry out this week
 In time to make a wish for New Years Eve
 And put away the fancy dishes
 Just to take them out next Christmas
 Three generations are only together for so long
 Telling stories of the good times
 The bad times and the war times
 Three generations are only together for so long