Possible Clues:

• "And that's the thanks ___?"
• Grateful Dead "Yes ___ the gist of it, but it's all right"
• 'And this is the thanks ___?'
• "__ the hint!"
• ''By the Time ___ to Phoenix''
• ''Is this all the thanks ___?''
• '-- no kick ...'
• '-- the idea'
• Janet Jackson's '___ Lonely'
• "__ that a lot"