When Liberty Valance
rode to town
the women folk
would hide
They'd hide
When Liberty Valance
walked around
The men would
step aside
Because the
point of a gun
was the only law
that Liberty understood
When it came
to shooting
straight and fast
he was mighty good
From out of the east
a stranger came
A law book
in his hand
Oh man
The kind of a man
the west would need
to tame
a troubled land
'Cos the point
of a gun
was the only law
that Liberty understood
When it came
to shooting
straight and fast
He was mighty good
Many a young man
would face his gun
And many a young
man would fall
The man who shot
Liberty Valance
He shot
Liberty Valance
He was the
bravest of them all
The love of a girl
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 the final
showdown came
at last
A law book
was no good
Alone in the braid
she'd pray that he'd
return that
faithful night
Oh that night
When nothing she said
could keep her man
from going out
to fight
From the moment
a girl gets to be
full grown the very
first thing she learns
When two men go out
to face each other
only one returns
Everyone heard two
shots ring out
What 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