On the news today they said we got something to fear All the experts down at the bar and grill say 'It can't happen here' Turn around, there's a few new faces here in town Well sometimes I look and sometimes I wonder Is that how the west was won?
Tear up the treaties and full speed ahead Send ‘em packing out their own back doors They need our help they just don't know it yet So we'll convince them with some friendly force Yeah, we'll take away the bread lines Give them everything in double time Show them where they've gone astray Pushing poison on the natives Cause we know what's best for them anyway
Well won't you tell me Is that how the west was won? Won't you tell me Is that how the deal was done? Won't you tell me Is that how the west was won?
We dug in at the beaches and fell from the sky Don't mind us dropping in this way We're massed on your borders for a sightseeing trip And if we like it here we just might stay So misunderstood it's not equality we want Its just complacency we're after All you misguided slavers Throw your wrenches in the works And you'll live happily ever after
Well won't you tell me Is that how the west was won? Can't you tell me Is that how the deal was done? Somebody tell me Is that what you do for fun? Won’t you tell me Is that how the west was won?
Won't you tell me Is that how the west was won? Won't you tell me Is that how the west was won? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, Is that how the west was won? Somebody tell me Is that how the west was won?