
…in an air strike, no one even care like
I wonder if they taught 'em that they'd never win a fair fight
[Pre-Chorus]
Huh, how the west was won…
…How the west was won
How the west was won
How the west was won
[Chorus]
Oh, when the lights go out, maybe then we'll see…
When the lights go out, maybe that's what we need
When the lights go out and the job gets done
Maybe that will be-be, be, be how the west was won…

The boys were marching out to war
The women cried and that's for sure
The brave man fight, the coward run
That's how the west was won…
That's how the west was won
Tales and legends have been sung
Guts and glory, damage done
Out of this a new world came…
…cross
A white man's tale
Revolution, retribution
What is right in the history of mankind?
Is this how the west was won?
Today, well…

Buffalo, block cattle in
Storm clouds were gatherin'
It's how the West was won
It's how the West was won
At the point of a gun
Like…
…from home to escape you
Your best friends all hate you
I don't mean to devastate you
It's how the West was won
It's how the West was won…

…
The hunger of man
for blood and the gun.
A pox on you
and a pox on your sons.
Is this how the west was won?
Sons and daughters
with no light to follow.
Where rivers ran deep
all…
…now is shallow.
From the valley of tears
to the mountain of sorrow.
No turning the tide
no past in tomorrow.
Is this how the west was won…
…the books
and change all the names,
but the spirit lives on
it won't go away.
Is this how the west was won?
Do I have enough…

…in the night
I better prepare for another hard drinking night!
What would whiskey do? You won't make things right!
I better get my gun
Is that how the west was won…
I end it all? Well it won't bring me back to you!
Well I better get my gun!
Is that how the west was won?
Is that just what I've…
…a freight train through the night!
I can't get your scent right off my skin!
Well I better get my gun!
Is that how the west was won?
Is that just what I've become!…

…a little brighter
When you find a fighter
In a face as dim as the setting sun
This is how the west was won
This is how the west was won…
…one standing, first one down
Gets a little brighter
When you find a fighter
In a face as dim as the setting sun
This is how the west was won ....

…for leather that's how the West was won)
(Stride by stride they tamed the savage prairie land
Nothing stopped them no wind nor rain nor…
…sun
Side by side these pioneers from every land
All pulled together that's how the West was won)
And they sang of the day when…
…in freedom for every mother's son
Here it is the beautiful the promised land
We won't forget them and how the West was won)…

…in lime
How the west was won and where it got us
Ahh
[Verse 2]
The canary got trapped in the uranium mine
I struck bad luck, now…
…told many times
The story of my life in trying times
Just add water, stir in lime
How the west was won and where it got us
Ahh…
…[Chorus]
The story is a sad one, told many times
The story of my life in trying times
Just add water, stir in lime
How the west was won and where it got us
Ahh…

Think about it
When you reflect upon it
When you reflect on how the west was won
How the west was won how the west was won
How the west was won…
…how the west was won by the East
White man got here first
But white man never learnt
That golden empires…

…is for somebody to bring me through to the other side
Oh, in one career you can get so near
Even if it don't fly, we'll try
This is how the west was won…
This is how we get things done
We've been having so much fun
This is how the west was won
Now she's at the catch me…
…if it don't fly, we'll try
This is how the west was won
This is how we get things done
We've been having so much fun
This is how the west was won…
By Bernie Taupin (1987)
On album Tribe (1987)

…for the desert escaping death
Looking for a re-run
Of a long forgotten son
Do you think about the masked man
Or how the West was won…
To deal with danger
There's a shakedown or a showdown
For a new Lone Ranger
How the West was won
Walk on the wire
This is is how the West was won…
Walk on the wire
How the West was won
We're looking for a change
A chance to play the game
Do you miss the singing cowboy…

…about the masked man
Or how the West was won?
Are we looking for a stranger
For one last ride?
Do we want a new Lone Ranger…
Fighting on our side?
If we need a second coming
To deal with danger
There's a shakedown or a showdown
For a new Lone Ranger
How the West was won…
…(Walk on the wire)
This is, is how the West was won
(Walk on the wire)
How the West was won
We're looking…

…the type to sing all night but, aah
I've never been the type to sing all night but, aah
[Incomprehensible]
How the West was won, it's…
…a lie but it's made to sound like fun
How the West was won, it's a lie but it's made to sound like fun
How the West was won, it's a lie but it's made to sound like fun
How the west was won…

Light me a smoke
I'll tell you a story
Of how the west was won
Flew over diamonds
East river shining
A city sinking…
…the pack
The future's not that clear
Light me a smoke
I'll tell you a stroy
Of how the west was won
You wanted glory
Well here's your glory
Just look what we've become…

…no, youre not getting this
If Im going down can I have one last kiss?
But Im always good for one more song...
Tell me is this how The West was won
The invisible man…
…have one last kiss?
But Im always good for one more song...
Tell me is this how The West was won
No more Punk Gods, these twisted sales
Im so pissed off: I missed my chance to fail…