How The West Was WonCifra

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Catch me this morning 
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My head is undone 
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Curse my eyes 
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And cut out my tongue 

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The hunger of man 
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For blood and the gun 
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A pox on you 
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And a pox on your sons 

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Is this how the west was won? 

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Sons and daughters 
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With no light to follow 
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Where rivers ran deep 
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All now is shallow 

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From the valley of tears 
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To the mountain of sorrow 
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No turning the tide 
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No past in tomorrow 

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Is this how the west was won? 

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You piss down their backs 
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And tell them it's rain 
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But they've seen your faces 
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They know who to blame 

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You burn all the books 
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And change all the names 
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But the spirit lives on 
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It won't go away 

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Is this how the west was won? 

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Do I have enough years 
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To understand if I can 
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Why another should bury 
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Your language and land? 

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Cold the heart 
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And savage the hand 
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That takes from another 
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What he can't understand 

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Is this how the west was won? 

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