By the White Stripes
Iiiiiiiieeeeeee
Icky thump
Who'da thunk?
Sittin' drunk on a wagon to Mexico.
Ah well,
What a chump
Well my head got a bump
When I hit it on the radio.
Redhead señorita
Looking dead
Came and said
"need a bed?"
En Español.
I said
"gimme a drink a water,
I'm gonna 'sing around the collar'
And I don't need a microphone."
Icky thump
with a lump in my throat
Grabbed my coat
And I was freaking
I was ready to go!
And I swear
Besides the hair
She had one white eye,
One black stare
Lookin' up
Lyin' there.
On the stand
near her hand
Was a candy cane
Black rum, sugar cane,
Dry ice (and) something strange.
La la, la la la la la la la la la laaa laaa laaa
White Americans, what?
Nothing better to do?
Why don't you kick yourself out?
You're an immigrant too?
Who's usin' who?
What should we do?
Well you can't be a pimp
And a prostitute too
Icky thump, handcuffed to a bunk
Robbed blind
Looked around
And there was nobody else
Left alone
I hit myself with a stone
Went home
And learned how to clean up after myself
Analyzing
Obviously, this whole entire song isn't about immigration, but it does tend to have some key lines in it that are strongly focused on immigration.
The focuses on immigration in this song are that it takes place in Mexico and it contains some Spanish but other than small phrases here and there, the song isn't completely about immigration and more about meeting some girl in Mexico. The strongest immigration lines are "White Americans, what? Nothing better to do? Why don't you kick yourself out? You're an immigrant too." Even though it is just one line, it is still pretty powerful and shows the band is all for immigration. Also, another few lyrics in the song referring to immigration is "Well you can't be a pimp and a prostitute too" even though the lyrics are a little silly, this is also strongly talking about immigration basically saying that you can't be an immigrant against immigration.
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