Lyrics
They landed in Manhattan
Arrival in Manhattan
With rifles and hatchets
Armed with rifles and hatchets
Stinking like the living dead
Smelling terrible, resembling the living dead
Eatin' local fauna
Eating local animals
Like there wasn't a tomorrow
Without concern for the future
As they fed how it bled, how it bled
Feeding and experiencing the bloodshed
Sacajawea is gettin' meager
Reference to Sacajawea facing scarcity/hardship
Nickel dime, nickel dime, nickel dime
Repeated phrase indicating a trivial amount of money
It's such a long road that we travel
Long and challenging journey
Nickel dime, nickel dime, nickel dime
Reiteration of the trivial amount of money
Causin' more commotion
Description of causing disturbance, using steam locomotion, working on a quiet country mile, suffering physical blisters, working until signaled to stop, and simultaneously drinking whiskey
With that steam locomotion
-On the quiet country mile
-Blisters by the fistfuls
-'Til the foreman blows the whistle
-And drinkin' whiskey all the while
-Sacajawea is gettin' meager
Repeated reference to the trivial amount of money
Nickel dime, nickel dime, nickel dime
Reflection on the challenging journey
It's such a long road that we travel
Reiteration of the trivial amount of money
Nickel dime, nickel dime
Instructing someone to get on the chuck wagon if they're tired
Get up on the chuck wagon
-If your feet are draggin'
-Get up on the chuck wagon
-If your feet are draggin'
-Get up on the chuck wagon
-If your feet are draggin'-yeah!
-Well they landed on Europa
Arrival on Europa, a moon of Jupiter
And it's colder than Dakota
Comparing Europa's coldness to Dakota
But they took the bull by the horns
Taking charge despite harsh conditions, facing a frozen ocean, and expressing familiarity with the situation
For the frozen ocean
-Foreman has himself the notion
-"This ain't nothing we ain't done before!"
-Sacajawea is gettin' meager
Repetition of earlier references to Sacajawea's hardship and the trivial amount of money
Nickel dime, nickel dime, nickel dime
-It's such a long road that we travel
-Nickel dime, nickel dime, nickel dime
-Sacajawea is gettin' meager
Continued reflection on the challenging journey and reiteration of the trivial amount of money
Nickel dime, nickel dime, nickel dime
-It's such a long road that we travel
-Nickel dime, nickel dime
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