Sesame Street/Elbow Room (from Schoolhouse Rock)

Cast

 * Zoe as Sue Manchester

Lyrics
Zoe: 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 nosy 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. Goodbye, 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 Goodbye 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!