Delicious food and Thanksgiving are synonymous. With all the gravy, pecan pie and cornbread, it might be hard to remember that it’s also a day to give thanks to the great things in your life. In turn, we’ve compiled a list of songs whose lyrics are all about gratitude.

Bob Marley “Give Thanks And Praises” encourages listeners to appreciate the little things in life.

Martina McBride sings about what she’s thankful for on “Blessed.” She sings, “At the end of every day, I have been blessed with so much more than I deserve, to be here with the ones that love me, to love them so much it hurts. I have been blessed."

On Led Zeppelin's 1969 song “Thank You,” Robert Plant sings, "And so today my world it smiles. Your hand in mine, we walk the miles. Thanks to you it will be done, for you to me are the only one.”

On “Thank You For Being A Friend” Andrew Gold sings, “And when we both get older with walking canes and hair of gray, have no fear, even though it's hard to hear, I will stand real close and say.”

On “Thank You” Boyz II Men sing, “So I thought up this song, to show my appreciation for loving me so long. You don't know much you mean to me”

On Louis Armstrong's classic 1967 hit “What A Wonderful World,” he sings, "I see skies of blue and clouds of white. The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night and I think to myself what a wonderful world."

Bon Jovi is grateful for someone very special in his life and sings about it on “Thank You For Loving Me.”

On “Thanks For the Memory” Ella Fitzgerald sings, “Oh well, it was swell while it lasted. We did have fun and no harm done.”

The Beatles sing all about friendship in "With A Little Help From My Friends."

Finally, “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” is a classic jazz tune for the holiday.

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