In 1887 way out in the west Things looked a little murky The odds were slim And somewhat grim For the town of Old Merkwerkee A storm was coming like they'd never seen In Tucson or Albuquerque With hail and snow And robot buffalo To the town of Old Merkwerkee Merkwerkee You have got to be prepared To take on anything you face When the cards are stacked against you And there's no one to defend you Then your challange has to be embraced Merkwerkee If you band together you can Weather any raging storm So it's time to join your forces Get your gear and ride your horses And protect the place where you were born The wild storm and mech stampede Came rolling in This weren't no flock of turkeys The robot herd of buffalo were spurred To the town of Old Merkwerkee Then hail stones fell That were as big as bricks By now the folks were perky They formed a crew And they knew what to do For the town of Old Merkwerkee Merkwerkee You have got to be prepared To take on anything you face When the cards are stacked against you And there's no one to defend you Then your challange has to be embraced Merkwerkee If you band together you can Weather any raging storm So it's time to join your forces Get your gear and ride your horses And protect the place where you were born (Merkwerkee) (Merkwerkee) They rounded up the buffalo At Lester's farm And turned 'em into jerky Though tough to eat It was good robot meat In the town of Old Merkwerkee They took the hail stones And they ground them up To make sarsparilla slurpees Now there's no more dread And everyone gets fed In the town of Old Merkwerkee Merkwerkee You have got to be prepared To take on anything you face When the cards are stacked against you And there's no one to defend you Then your challange has to be embraced Merkwerkee If you band together you can Weather any raging storm So it's time to join your forces Get your gear and ride your horses And protect the place where you were born