Lyrics
When Liberty Valance rode 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 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, a man
The kind of a man the west would need
To tame a troubled land
But the point of a gun was the only law Liberty understood
When it came to shooting straight and fast
He was mighty good
Many a man would face his gun
Many a man would fall
But the man who shot Liberty Valance
He shot Liberty Valance
He was the bravest of them all
A 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 Liberty understood
When the final showdown came at last
A law book was no good
Alone and afraid
I prayed that he'd return that fateful night, that night
When nothing I said could keep my man from going out to fight
From the moment a girl gets her feet to roam
The very first thing she learns
When two men go out to face each other
Only one returns
Everyone heard two shots ring out
One shot made Liberty fall
But 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