In life a man has to find his own way One thing has kept me from an early grave I keep moving ahead and pounding And pounding and pounding the night If you don't feel alive, then you are a slave This town is mine to defend I'll try to survive see it through to the end We're surrounded by men With contempt for the law So I call The way of the gun It's not just how the west was won But for me it's a way of life The way of the gun The way of the gun I'm always out on the run I'll live free or die, the way of the gun I'll bury your lies along with the dead A new sheriff's in town There's a price on your head You're a wretch and a leech Who is wasted and empty With nothing to give I've decided I won't let you live I protect who we are With gunpowder and lead And this silver star Outlaws and redskins curse these very lands So I'll use these deadly hands