Thanksgiving Dinner returns for the 15th year in a row - a song every Thanksgiving with whatever friends can contribute - all in a single day.

This year(2019) brings us a song about Crosswalks

Featuring
Ben Quick (Vocals, Guitar, Production)
Dennis Casey (Vocals, Keyboard)
Emily Tehan (Vocals)
Meg Connolly (Vocals)
D'Artagnan Wake (Voiceover)
Willie Moore (Voiceover)

All lyrics by Ben Quick and Dennis Casey

Music by Ben Quick, Dennis Casey and Emily Tehan

Produced and Mixed by Ben Quick

Lyrics

(Hook)
Crosswalks

(Verse)
Tryna cross the road
But It’s just too far
4 lanes of speeding cars
I could walk, run, drop or roll
But id rather wait until im told
That its ok to walk across
Approach the curb and there I pause
And press the button on the pole
Wait until the light appears
(wait........)
A small white man without his ears
Who demonstrates the proper pose
A steady stroll without the fear 
Of getting caught beneath the wheels
Of a passing bus or a semi truck
I walked across but never looked 
From side to side but thats okay
Between the lines i'm always safe
(move you knucklehead)

(hook)
crosswalks
crosswalks

(VO)
My mom told me not to play in traffic
So ever since she said that - I haven't

(verse)
It's rough out in these streets unless you're in a cross walk
The cross walk is where I am safe
The only place where legally the cars stop
So I don’t get hit in the face

By a car or a truck
like what happened to my friend the other month
He was crossing the street but he wasn’t in a cross walk
so the upcoming cars didn’t stop
and now my friend is dead 
And at the funeral the only words that were said
was that he should have used a -

(hook)
crosswalk
a crosswalk

the only safe way to cross the street

Crosswalks

I'm Ben, I'm a standup comedian and musician and I've long blended musical comedy into my live stand-up act.  

I lead two musical comedy projects, Garden Fresh Beats and Thanksgiving Dinner.  Both take a group approach to comedic songwriting, with the latter, Thanksgiving Dinner,  having become an annual tradition of over 20 years.   I juxtapose playful, silly themes and music with dark or absurd overtones.  Frequently irreverent, subtly satirical, and sometimes clever, the music is meant to be catchy, fun and a little subversive.  Think Bo Burnham, Jon Lajoie, Flight of The Concords, Lonely Island, etc.

This Soundcloud contains a mix of my various projects, as well as a few of my own personal songs and instrumentals, which are not always meant to be funny.  Welcome my canvas, I hope you enjoy.

Clips from my live act (and more) can be found at https://www.youtube.com/gardenfreshbeats

Crosswalks

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