School House Rock Live- Elbow Room

From my soundtrack CD when I did this show.

Lyrics:

One thing you will discover
When you get next to one another
Is everybody needs some elbow room, elbow room.

It's nice when you're kinda cozy, but
Not when you're tangled nose to nosey, oh,
Everybody needs some elbow, needs a little elbow room.

That's how it was in the early days of the U.S.A.,
The people kept coming to settle though
The east was the only place there was to go.

The president was Thomas Jefferson
He made a deal with Napoleon.
How'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 us
Without a fuss
And gave us lots of elbow room.

Oh, elbow room, elbow room,
Got to, got to get us some elbow room.
It's the west or bust,
In God we trust.
There's a new land out there...
Lewis and Clark volunteered to go,
Good-bye, good luck, wear your overcoat!
They prepared for good times and for bad (and for bad),
They hired Sacagawea to be their guide.
She led them all across the countryside.
Reached the coast
And found the most
Elbow room we've ever had.

The way was opened up for folks with bravery.
There were plenty of fights
To win land rights,
But the West was meant to be;
It was our Manifest Destiny!

The trappers, traders, and the peddlers,
The politicians, and the settlers,
They got there by any way they could. (Any way they could).
The Gold Rush trampled down the wilderness,
The railroads spread across from east to west,
And soon the West was opened up for - opened up for good.

And now we jet from east to west.
Good-bye New York, hello L.A.,
But it took those early folks to open up the way.

Now we've got a lot of room to be
Growing from sea to shining sea.
Guess that we have got our elbow room (elbow room)
But if there should ever come a time
When we're crowded up together, I'm
Sure we'll find some elbow room...up on the moon!

Oh, elbow room, elbow room.
Got to, got to get us some elbow room.
It's the moon or bust,
In God we trust.
There's a new land up there!

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• GreenGrl095

[broadwaybound100]

Thanks for putting these up!

I was wondering, do you still have the cd? I did this show a few years ago, and am dying to listen to the cd again...lol

[GreenGrl095]

Yup and my script. I did this in 3rd grade. I could put the rest of the songs up. But I have my reasons for not doing so (explained in my last comment).

[kajin011]

omggggggggggggggggg

thanks fer the lyrics!

[GreenGrl095]

You're welcome. It's a fun song.

[kajin011]

yea it sure is

i was in chorus/elementary school

and we had to memorize all these school house rock songs and i was so shocked to see them all up on youtube!

[GreenGrl095]

I have some other songs I didn't put up, but they're the more annoying ones.

We had fun doing this production.

[thefirefighter2011]

@GreenGrl095

who sings that song anyway?

[FredC1968]

This makes Imperialism and Genocide seem so nice.

[Nine00]

How old is the lead singer? He/She sounds quite young.

[Steph793]

i <3 schoolhouse rock!!! :)

[onacoma123]

I did this last year lol :) kool song

[unexpectedNinja]

We played this song, but we did it different. The company didn't sing as much.

[cut3babygurlz]

im doing this year too and were going 2 be the best

[sarah51498]

were doing this year 4 my 6th grade play

[dramamusicgrl477]

we're doing this this year at my school

[donttrustmehh]

im a 7thh grader, and were doing this! i love this song!