They just wanted  to move west, yeah

They just wanted to move west,

They just wanted to move west,

Yeah…

And follow the Goddess Columbia,

They thought it was their Manifest Destiny,

Yeah, they thought it was their Manifest Destiny.

They only used boats, covered wagons and trains, yeah,

Boats, covered wagons, and trains, yeah,

And it was really hard,

Cause they ran into Native Americans,

They ran into Native Americans, yeah,

It took them eight months to get there,

Eight months to get there,

Eventually they got there,

they got there,

they got there,

and they started mining for gold,

Mining for gold,

Yeah!