How the West Was Won - Nils Patrik Johansson

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

But still we haven’t seen the end

My friend, I’ll return again

Yankee doodle dandy boys

Guess that no one had a choice

Kill or die, don’t ever ask why

In God we trust, but my oh my

You have blood on your hands

But you could not back down

Times were different back then

The rules were kill or be killed

Side by side, do or die

The west was won and the strong did survive

Side by side, heavy 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, nothing’s really changed

Trigger happy aliens

A greed crusade that never will fade

No dignity or common sense

Still there’s blood on your hands

But we need you as friend

Life is better today

But one day we all have to pay

Side by side, do or die

The west was won and the strong did survive

Side by side, heavy cross

A white man’s tale

Revolution, retribution

What is right in the history of mankind?

Is this how the west was won?

Yankee doodle dandy boys

I guess they did not have a choice

Kill or die, never ask why

In God we trust, but my oh my

You have blood on your hands

But you could not back down

Times were different back then

The rules were kill or be killed

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

Side by side, do or die

The west was won and the strong did survive

Side by side, heavy cross

A white man’s tale

Side by side, do or die

The west was won and the strong did survive

Side by side, heavy cross

A white man’s tale

Revolution, retribution

What is right in the history of mankind?

Is this how the west was won?