Gene Pitney The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence Lyrics

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence 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
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, a
man
The kind of a man the West would need
To tame a troubled
land

Cause 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 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

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 and afraid, she prayed that he'd
Return that fateful
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
The shot made Liberty
fall
The man who shot Liberty Valence
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