From New Amsterdam to the way the west was won
'Cause a dog eats a dog then he eats his master too
Through Monument Valley to California sun
And things get crazy and you have to use that gun
And you know who's the boss and you know the west was won
But it's so crowded now and nothing's simple anymore
And you wonder if this is the way the west is won
Gotta keep runnin', gotta be the best
And they say
Well, years will go by when you won't get nowhere
In the land of the free and the not so often brave
And they're still knocking at your door
Making my fortune and I'll take it all home
Gotta keep runnin', gotta be the best
You keep on the move or you try to settle down
But keep thinkin' that way and you won't get nowhere
And there's still hope as the sun rises over the Rio Grande
Gotta walk tall in the wild west
I'm breaking my back for some opportunity
Gotta keep runnin', gotta be the best
Where I come from, you can't get nowhere
And you give them some tools and they know what must be done
Tell my kids about the wild west
But keep thinkin' that way and you won't get nowhere
You're cold and you're tired and you're free and you don't care
There's both love or money now choose which you will save
Gotta walk tall in the wild west
And you keep building towns and laying railroad track
Keep thinkin' that way and you won't get nowhere
'Cause you got a right just to get where you're goin' to
And there's strangers from further and further away in town
Gotta walk tall in the wild west
Gotta walk tall in the wild west
'Cause you got a right just to get where you're goin' to
You keep pushin' on when your friends keep turning back
You hear guns in the night and you hope they're not for you
'Cause you got a right just to get where you're goin' to
And there's still beauty as the flowers bloom on desert sands
