The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Lyrics

When Liberty Valance came to town
The womenfolk would hide, they′d hide

When Liberty Valance walked around
The men would step aside
'Cause the point of a gun was the only law
That Liberty understood
When it came to shooting straight and fast
Well, he was mighty good
From out of the east a stranger came
A law book in his hand, a man

The kind of a man the west would need
To ease a troubled land
′Cause the point of a gun was the only law
That Liberty understood
When it came to shooting straight and fast
Yeah, he was mighty good

Many a man would face his gun
And many a man would fall
The man who shot Liberty Valance
He shot Liberty Valance
He was the bravest of them all

Now the love of a woman can make a man
Stay on when he should go, stay on
Just trying to build a peaceful life
Where love is free to grow
But the point of a gun was the only law
That Liberty understood
When it came to shooting straight and fast
Well, he was mighty good

Alone and afraid she prayed that he'd
Return that fateful night, that night
With nothing she said to keep her man
From going out to fight
But the point of a gun was the only law
That Liberty understood
When the final showdown came to pass
A law book was no good
Out in the sun two shots rang out
The shot made Liberty fall

The man who shot Liberty Valance
He shot Liberty Valance
He was the bravest of them all
The man who shot Liberty Valance
He shot Liberty Valance
He was the bravest of them all