Looking down the long barrel of a 45 (hey)
See his whole life in a moment (hey)
Go flashing by (hey)
He's still alive (hey)

He's ready to fight (hey)
He's still standing tall
With a will to survive (hey)

It seems like forever (hey)
The seconds go by (hey)
Sweat on his brow
And the Sun in his eye (hey)

He's still alive
In the need to be strong (hey)
In deafening silence there's a loud ricochet

(In the badlands, oh)
You only need a gun to survive
(In the badlands, oh)
Only the strong will survive

There's another face down (hey)
In the burning sand (hey)
Spent a whole life in a moment (hey)
A winning hand (hey)

He's still alive
To fight another day (hey)
And that's all he knows
For him there's no other way

With a price on his head (hey)
With a gun at his side (hey)
The chamber is empty (hey)
There's nothing inside (hey)

He's still alive
Ready to fall (hey)
The man with no name
No feelings at all (hey)

(In the badlands, oh)
You only need a gun to survive
(In the badlands, oh)
Only the strong will survive
And only the strong will survive

He's still alive
He's ready to fight
And that's all he knows
For him there's no other way

(In the badlands, oh)
You only need a gun to survive
(In the badlands, oh)
You only need a gun
(In the badlands, oh)
You only need a gun to survive
(In the badlands, oh)
You only need a gun to survive
And only the strong will survive