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IN A TOWN IN ARIZONA, IN 1864 
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THE PARSON OF THE LOCAL CHURCH CAME KNOCKING AT MY DOOR 
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I'D NEVER BEEN TO SERVICE, I DID'NT KNOW THE MAN 
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THEN I RECOGNIZED HIM BY THE BIBLE IN HIS HAND 
 
I FELT MY BODY TREMBLING, AS IF HE'D PULLED HIS GUN 
I KNEW WHY HE WAS HERE TODAY, CAUSE I WAS ON THE RUN 
I KNEW I WAS'NT LIVING RIGHT, THEN I HEARD HIM SAY 
THE WAGES OF YOUR SIN IS DEATH, AND DEATH'S THE PRICE YOU'LL PAY 
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THIS IS HOW THE WEST WAS WON 
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FIRST HE CAME TO LIVE OUR PAIN 
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THEN DIE FOR EVERYONE 
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HOW THE WEST WAS WON 
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HIS MERCY FILLED THIS EMPTY HEART 
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NEW LIFE HAD JUST BEGUN	 
 
I FELT MY HEART A-BREAKING,  I FELL ON MY HANDS AND KNEES 
I KNEW I HAD TO GET IT RIGHT, WITH ME GOD WAS'NT PLEASED 
AND AS I PRAYED A SIMPLE PRAYER I FELT MY BURDEN FALL 
THEN I HAD A PEACE INSIDE THAT I CAN STILL RECALL 
 
IT'S BEEN 30 YEARS SINCE I FIRST CAME TO KNOW THE LORD 
I LAID DOWN MY 6-SHOOTER WHEN HE HANDED ME HIS SWORD 
THE PARSON WAVED GOODBYE AND PLACED HIS BIBLE IN MY HAND 
NOW THE FOLKS IN THIS SMALL TOWN CALL ME THE PREACHERMAN 
 
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THIS IS HOW THE WEST WAS WON 
FIRST HE CAME TO LIVE OUR PAIN 
THEN DIE FOR EVERYONE 
HOW THE WEST WAS WON 
HIS MERCY FILLED THIS EMPTY HEART 
NEW LIFE HAD JUST BEGUN