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I was given this today
Alice's Restaurant, Arnold Guthrie, 1967 (thanksgiving)
This song
is called "Alice's
estaurant"🍽
, and it's about Alice
. And 
️the estaurant🍽. But Alice's estaurant🍽 is not
the name of the estaurant🍽, that's just the name of the song. And that's why
I called the song "Alice's estaurant."🍽
You
an get 
nythi
️
you want at lice's estaurant🍽
️
You an get nythi️ you want at lice's estaurant🍽️
Walk
right
in, it's ar
und the 
ack
Just a 
half a 
ile
frm the railroad
track
You an get nythi️ you want at lice's estaurant🍽️
Now
️ it all started
Thanksgivings
ago, was on years 🗓🗓ago on Thanksgiving, when my friend and I
went up
to visit Alice ----><---- at the restaurant🍽—but 
Alice doesn't live in the restaurant🍽, she lives in the church
️ nearby the restaurant🍽, in the belltower
, with her husband Ray
and Fasha the dog ʕ·ᴥ·ʔ. And living in the belltower like that, they got a lot of room🕳 downstairs
where the pews
used to be in, an' having all that room🕳, seeing
as how they took out all the pews, they decided 
that they didn't have to take out their garbage🗑 for a long time
🗑.
We got up there, we found
all the garbage🗑 in there, and we decided
it would be a fri
ly gesture
for us to take the garbage🗑 
ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ to the 🏙city dump🏙
. So we took the ½ a ton🏋
of garbage🗑, put it in the back of a 
red VW \/ \/\/Microbus
, took shovels and rakes
and implements of destruction🛠
and headed 
toward the city dump🏙 ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
Well🕳
, we got there, and there's a big sign
and a chain
across across the dump saying, "Closed Thanksgiving", 
and we had never heard of a dump closed Thanksgiving before, and with tears 
in our eyes👁 we drove () off into the sunset
looking for another place to put the garbage🗑
We didn't find one
.
'Til we came to a side road
🛣, and off the side of the side road,🛣 there was another 
foot
cliff🏔 and at the bottom of the cliff 🏔was another 🗑🗑pile of garbage🗑🗑. And we decided that 
big pile
️ is better than 
little piles
, and rather than bring that one
up, we decided to throw ours down =͟͟͞͞
. That's what we did, and drove to the church️, had a Thanksgiving dinner🍽 that couldn't be beat
went to sleep🛏_(:3」∠)_and didn't get up
️
until the next morning
, when we got a phone call
from officer Obie. 
He said, "Kid
, we found your name an envelope
at the bottom of a - a ½ a ton🏋 of garbage🗑, and just wanted to know if you had any information
about it." And I said, "Yes, sir
, Officer Obie, I cannot tell a lie
️️
. I put that envelope under that garbage"
🗑.
After speaking to Obie for about 
minutes
on the telephone, we finally arrived🗺
at the truth of the matter and said that we had to go down
and pick up the garbage🗑, and️ also️
had to go down
and speak to him at the police officers' station. So we got in the red VW 
Microbus with the shovels and rakes
¯\(ツ)/¯ and implements of destruction🛠 and headed on toward the police officers' station. ---->
Now
, friends
, there was only or things that Obie could'a done at the police station, and the first was that he could have give us a medal
for being so brave
and honest
on the telephone, which wasn't very likely
and we didn't expect it and️ the other thing was that he could have bawled us out
🗯 and told us never
to be seen
driving garbage🗑 around the vicinity again, which is what we expected, but when we got to the police officer's station, there was a third
possibility that we hadn't even counted upon
, and we was both immediately arrested
️ Handcuffed
And I said "Obie, I don't think I can pick up the garbage🗑 with these handcuffs on." He said "Shut up kid
Get in the of the patrol car
." And that's what we did, sat in the of the patrol car and drove to the 
"scene of the crime."
I wanna tell you
about the town🏘 of 
t
️kidge, 
️huett, where this is happenin' here🗺. They got stop signs
, police officers, and police car, but when we got to the "scene of the crime" there was police officers and police cars, being the biggest crime of the last 
years🗓🗓🗓🗓🗓 and everybody wanted to get in the newspaper🗞🖋 story
about it
️ And they was using up all kinds of cop
equipment
🗜
that they had hanging around the police officer's station: they was taking plaster tire track
, foot prints
, dog-smelling prints
, and they took 
-by-
color
glossy
️ photographs
with circles️ and arrows and a paragraph
the of each explaining what each was to be used as evidence 
against
us️️ Took pictures of the approach, the getaway, the northwest corner
the southwest corner and that's not to mention the aerial
🛩 photography
After the ordealw
This song is called "Alice's estaurant"🍽, and it's about Alice. And ️the estaurant🍽. But Alice's estaurant🍽 is not the name of the estaurant🍽, that's just the name of the song. And that's why I called the song "Alice's estaurant."🍽You an get nythi️ you want at lice's estaurant🍽️You an get nythi️ you want at lice's estaurant🍽️Walk right in, it's arund the ackJust a half a ile frm the railroad trackYou an get nythi️ you want at lice's estaurant🍽️Now
️ it all started Thanksgivings ago, was on years 🗓🗓ago on Thanksgiving, when my friend and I went up to visit Alice ----><---- at the restaurant🍽—but Alice doesn't live in the restaurant🍽, she lives in the church️ nearby the restaurant🍽, in the belltower, with her husband Ray and Fasha the dog ʕ·ᴥ·ʔ. And living in the belltower like that, they got a lot of room🕳 downstairs where the pews used to be in, an' having all that room🕳, seeing as how they took out all the pews, they decided that they didn't have to take out their garbage🗑 for a long time🗑.We got up
there, we found all the garbage🗑 in there, and we decided it would be a frily gesture for us to take the garbage🗑 ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ to the 🏙city dump🏙. So we took the ½ a ton🏋 of garbage🗑, put it in the back of a red VW \/ \/\/Microbus, took shovels and rakes and implements of destruction🛠 and headed toward the city dump🏙 ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗWell🕳
, we got there, and there's a big sign and a chain across across the dump saying, "Closed Thanksgiving", and we had never heard of a dump closed Thanksgiving before, and with tears in our eyes👁 we drove () off into the sunset looking for another place to put the garbage🗑We didn't find one
.'Til we came to a side road🛣, and off the side of the side road,🛣 there was another foot cliff🏔 and at the bottom of the cliff 🏔was another 🗑🗑pile of garbage🗑🗑. And we decided that big pile️ is better than little piles, and rather than bring that one up, we decided to throw ours down =͟͟͞͞. That's what we did, and drove to the church️, had a Thanksgiving dinner🍽 that couldn't be beat went to sleep🛏_(:3」∠)_and didn't get up️ until the next morning, when we got a phone call from officer Obie. He said, "Kid, we found your name an envelope at the bottom of a - a ½ a ton🏋 of garbage🗑, and just wanted to know if you had any information about it." And I said, "Yes, sir, Officer Obie, I cannot tell a lie️️. I put that envelope under that garbage"🗑.After speaking to Obie
for about minutes on the telephone, we finally arrived🗺 at the truth of the matter and said that we had to go down and pick up the garbage🗑, and️ also️ had to go down and speak to him at the police officers' station. So we got in the red VW Microbus with the shovels and rakes¯\(ツ)/¯ and implements of destruction🛠 and headed on toward the police officers' station. ---->Now
, friends, there was only or things that Obie could'a done at the police station, and the first was that he could have give us a medal for being so brave and honest on the telephone, which wasn't very likely and we didn't expect it and️ the other thing was that he could have bawled us out🗯 and told us never to be seen driving garbage🗑 around the vicinity again, which is what we expected, but when we got to the police officer's station, there was a third possibility that we hadn't even counted upon, and we was both immediately arrested️ HandcuffedAnd I said "Obie, I don't think I can pick up the garbage🗑 with these handcuffs on." He said "Shut up kid Get in the of the patrol car." And that's what we did, sat in the of the patrol car and drove to the "scene of the crime."I wanna tell you
about the town🏘 of t️kidge, ️huett, where this is happenin' here🗺. They got stop signs, police officers, and police car, but when we got to the "scene of the crime" there was police officers and police cars, being the biggest crime of the last years🗓🗓🗓🗓🗓 and everybody wanted to get in the newspaper🗞🖋 story about it️ And they was using up all kinds of cop equipment🗜 that they had hanging around the police officer's station: they was taking plaster tire track, foot prints, dog-smelling prints, and they took -by- color glossy️ photographs with circles️ and arrows and a paragraph the of each explaining what each was to be used as evidence against us️️ Took pictures of the approach, the getaway, the northwest corner the southwest corner and that's not to mention the aerial🛩 photographyAfter the ordeal
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