Harry Chapin - Thanksgiving Hunger Drives lyrics

Thanksgiving remember junior high school
High school, elementary school
"Everybody bring in your cans for
The hungry people?" Remember that?

Just imagine if somebody when you were
In fifth or sixth grade
If the principal had the gonads
To say on Monday
"Children, it was the most single
Wonderful outpouring of generosity that
This school has ever seen more cans of food
Feeding a hundred ninety three families
Came to this school
Than ever before we only have one problem
And we're going to deal
With it this coming week we’re
Going to cancel our regular
Classes and what we're going
To talk about is
What are those people going
To eat next week?"

Now doesn't that sound like
A sensible educational system
That dealt with those types of questions?