William Finn - Mark's All-Male Thanksgiving lyrics

[MAN TWO & WOMAN] Looking in the window Of this empty house space I see their reflections in my face [MAN ONE] Every Thanksgiving Mark made his all-male Thanksgiving dinner Where men cooked the turkey and men made the cranberry sauce- Without nuts, 'cause men don't like nuts But the stuffing was manly and the fingerbowls ditto And ditto, the pureed sweet yams Very manly When Mark made his all-male Thanksgiving Bill Sherwood was present He wrote and directed Parting Glances A movie for which Mark raised the money In which Arthur invested And the Thanksgiving crew Put money in too Steve Buscemi was featured; his first time on screen And you knew you were watching a star God, he was great But he wasn't at Mark's all-male Thanksgiving Remembering this Is sort of like Grandpa remembering his shtetl It seems to take place so, so long ago In the past The memories last, but fade What a community we made Diplomats, poets, opera guys, guys dressed in leather britches Some paunchy, some starting to bald, some were awful And some were okay In a non-threatening way Mark the lawyer wore flannel, he comes from Wisconsin The handsomest guy wore a tie That was Arthur: sweetly decent, funny, and living I met Arthur when Mark made his all-male Thanksgiving And the excellent movie, that Bill Sherwood filmed Was his first and his last Since, alas, the boy pa**ed Arthur still, when he smiles, he makes my heart flutter We think it's been twenty-two years I wrote this song to not forget Mark's all-male Thanksgiving It's been so long since Mark made his all-male Thanksgiving Where we gave thanks