[Verse]
The West
It was wilder back then
A mother didn't know if her son
Would be home again
As he headed down the line
To the Old 49
If he had gold in his eyes
She knew it would be a while

[Pre-Chorus]
And then the sun comes up
And the sun goes down
The time goes up and down
And up and down

[Chorus]
Ooh
The Wild West doesn't forgive
Oh
It never did
It takes
But it doesn't give
And
Oh
It never did

[Verse 2]
Her heart
It got blacker with time
She watched the sunset through the cracks
And the smoke and the fire
But when he came through the door
She was a mother no more
It had been too many nights
And too many boys before

[Pre-Chorus]
And then the sun comes up
And the sun goes down
The time goes up and down
And up and down

[Chorus]
Ooh
The Wild West doesn't forgive
Oh
It never did
It takes
But it doesn't give
And
Oh
It never did
Oh
It never did
Ooh
The Wild West doesn't forgive
Oh
It never did
It takes
But it doesn't give
And
Oh
It never did