Gene Pitney (tthe Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance Lyrics

(tthe Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance Lyrics

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

 Gene Pitney

 Words by Hal David, Music by Burt Bacharach

 

 -From "Gene Pitney Anthology 1961-1968"

 -Rhino R2 75896

 -peak Billboard position # 4 in 1962

 -written for the movie starring John Wayne, Lee Marvin, and Jimmy Stewart
but

 -then NOT included in the soundtrack. As Pitney himself explains it,: "The
song

 "Liberty Valance" was written for the movie but for some strange reason never
was

 put in the sound track. Because of the prior success with "Town Without Pity",
I

 was paid a bundle to record the song, and Burt Bacharach produced it. He
wrote

 the song with Hal David. There was some screw up between the Publishing

 company Famous Music, and the Parent company, Paramount Pictures as to why

 it never was in the actual film."

 

 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 shootin' straight and fast---he was mighty good.

 

 From out of the East a stranger came, a law book in his hand, a man

 BRThe kind of a man the West would need to tame a troubled land

 BR'cause the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood

 BRWhen it came to shootin' straight and fast---he was mighty good.

 BR

 BRMany a man would face his gun and many a man would fall

 BRThe man who shot Liberty Valance, he shot Liberty Valance

 BRHe was the bravest of them all.

 BR

 BRThe love of a girl can make a man stay on when he should go, stay on

 BRJust tryin' to build a peaceful life where love is free to grow

 BRBut the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood

 BRWhen the final showdown came at last, a law book was no good.

 BR

 BRAlone and afraid she prayed that he'd return that fateful night, aww that
night

 BRWhen nothin' she said could keep her man from goin' out to fight

 BRFrom the moment a girl gets to be full-grown the very first thing she
learns

 BRWhen two men go out to face each other only one retur-r-r-ns

 BR

 BREveryone heard two shots ring out, a shot made Liberty fall

 BRThe man who shot Liberty Valance, he shot Liberty Valance

 BRHe was the bravest of them all.

 BR

 BRThe man who shot Liberty Valance, he shot Liberty Valance

 BRHe was the bravest of them all.

 BR

 BRTranscribed by Robin Hood

 BR

 BRThese lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned above

 BRand do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings,
sheet

 BRmusic, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.

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