James Taylor (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance Lyrics

When Liberty Valance came 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
a man
The kind of man the west would need
to ease a troubled land
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

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 go
But the point of a gun
was the only law that Liberty understood
When it came to shooting
straight and fast
he was mighty good.

Alone and afraid she prayed that he'd
return that fateful night
that night
When nothing she said could 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 shots made Liberty fall
The man who shot Liberty Valance
he shot Liberty Valance
he was the bravest of them all.