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