Some things from our past have now up and flown away

Things like eating supper at the kitchen table with family every day

When we were growing up our Mom had one hard fast unwavering rule

And that was at supper time we all sat down together which to me was very cool

Sunday dinner’s lavish spread
was on the table each week at high noon

With ham from a can covered with pineapples and banana pudding we devoured with a spoon

Then one day someone invented something that changed our life and that of our kin

That was a frozen TV dinner, and it was all there in a plate of tin

Yes this TV dinner was the beginning of the end for life as we all knew

Our favorite meal was now cooked in it’s own tin plate which was easier than making chicken or beef stew

Then instead of eating supper at the table together as a family every night

People started eating a TV dinners
watching Bonanza or something else on TV they liked

Yes it didn’t take too long for Sunday dinner and family supper to permanently fade away

Now people were eating while watching TV and to each other had nothing much to say

So now with a new Congress and I’m sure they’re seeking something  useful to do

I say they pass a law that says we must eat supper at the table with family or someone else you choose

From My World to Yours,
Bob Baker