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