When liberty valance rode to town
The women folk 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
Ah he was mighty good
From out of the east a stranger came
A lawbook in his hand
A man
The kind of a man
The west would need to tame a troubled land
Because the point of a gun was the only law
That liberty understood
When it came to shootin' 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 home 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 lawbook was no good
A pray she prayed that he return that fateful night
All 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 learned
When two men go out to face each other only one return
Everyone heard two shots ring out one shot
Made liberty fall
The man who shot liberty valance
He shot a liberty valance
He was the bravest of them all
The man who shot liberty balance
He shot liberty balance
He was the bravest of them all