The way the West was won
Smoking stacks, railroad tracks
And broken backs, and seeds that can't be sown

Violent eyes and troubled times
That told the lives of blood
Upon their hands

The men, they came from far out West
And laid down tracks of steel
Burnin' through the barren lands
On locomotive wheel

Lives were lost and families tossed
A few that burn in fire
Losin' land and dignity
For history's desire

The way the West was won
Smoking stacks, railroad tracks
And broken backs, and seeds that can't be sown

Violent eyes and troubled times
That told the lives of blood
Upon their hands

The land was bought and sold around
The rightful owner's deed
Strangers take the others for
The consequence of greed

Games were played and patronized
With daggers on their backs
Pryin' on the innocent
With sharpened souls of black

The way the West was won
Smoking stacks, railroad tracks
And broken backs, and seeds that can't be sown

Violent eyes and troubled times
That told the lives of blood
Upon their hands

The way the West was won
Smoking stacks, railroad tracks
And broken backs, and seeds that can't be sown

Violent eyes and troubled times
That told the lives of blood
Upon their hands