Icky Thump -- White Stripes

icky thump  who'da thunk?  sittin' drunk on a wagon to Mexico.
well  what a chump  well my head got a bump  when I hit it on the radio.
redhead senorita  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 now it's reckon  I was ready to go!  and I swear  besides the head
she had one white eye,   one blank stare  lookin' up  lyin' there.
on the stand  near her hand  was a candy cane  black rum, sugar cane,
dry ice (and) something strange.   

white Americans, what?  nothing better to do  why don't you kick yourself out
you're an immigrant too.  who's using 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.                (sing365) 


The song is a commentary on immigration, and how immigrants are treated unfairly in America.                                                                                                             (songfacts)



  


             Irish immigrants arriving in the United States in 1902.