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Alice's Restaurant 

Alice's Restaurant is a song by folk artist Arlo Guthrie which is second only to turkey and football when it comes to "Thanksgivin'".

The song serves not only as a satircal look on the judiciary branch of the US government but it also demotes the armed services for a good portion of the song. As the song was based on real events Guthrie really did get out of the draft by faking mental insanity at his evaluation.
Every single year it's eat a drumstick of the turkey, play football 'til you can't move your arms and listen to Alice's Restaurant after fiddling with the radio all day until you find a station playing it.
Alice's Restaurant by Sid Barrett December 16, 2007