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One thing you will discoverWhen you get next to one anotherIs everybody needs some elbow room, elbow roomIt's nice when you're kinda cozy, butNot when you're tangled nose to nosey, ohEverybody needs some elbow, needs a little elbow roomThat's how it was in the early days of the U.S.A.The people kept coming to settle thoughThe east was the only place there was to goThe president was Thomas JeffersonHe made a deal with NapoleonHow'd you like to sell a mile or two(Or three, or a hundred, or a thousand?)And so, in 1803 the Louisiana Territory was sold to usWithout a fussAnd gave us lots of elbow roomOh, elbow room, elbow roomGot to, got to get us some elbow roomIt's the west or bustIn God we trustThere's a new land out thereSongtexteLewis and Clark volunteered to goGoodbye, good luck, wear your overcoat!They prepared for good times and for bad (and for bad)They hired Sacagawea to be their guideShe led them all across the countrysideReached the coastAnd found the mostElbow room we've ever hadThe way was opened up for folks with braveryThere were plenty of fightsTo win land rightsBut the West was meant to beIt was our Manifest Destiny!The trappers, traders, and the peddlersThe politicians, and the settlersThey got there by any way they could (any way they could)The Gold Rush trampled down the wildernessThe railroads spread across from east to westAnd soon the West was opened up for - opened up for goodAnd now we jet from east to westGoodbye New York, hello L.A.But it took those early folks to open up the wayNow we've got a lot of room to beGrowing from sea to shining seaGuess that we have got our elbow room (elbow room)But if there should ever come a timeWhen we're crowded up togetherI'm sure we'll find some elbow room . . . up on the moon!Oh, elbow room, elbow roomGot to, got to get us some elbow roomIt's the moon or bustIn God we trustThere's a new land up there! Aus Songtexte Mania