When Liberty Valance rode to town
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The women folk would hide, they'd hide.
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When Liberty Valance walked around
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The men would step aside
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Cause the point of a gun was the only law
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That Liberty understood.
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When it came to shootin' straight and fast,
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He was mighty good.
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From out of the East a stranger came,
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A law book in his hand, a man.
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The kind of a man the west would need
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To tame a troubled land;
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Cause the point of a gun was the only law
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That Liberty understood.
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When it came to shootin' straight and fast,
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He was mighty good.
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When it came to shootin' straight and fast,
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He was mighty good.
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Many a man would face his gun
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And many a man would fall,
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The man who shot Liberty Valance,
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He shot Liberty Valance,
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He was the bravest of them all.
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The love of a girl can make a man
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Stay on when he should go, stay on.
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Just tryin' to build a peaceful life
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Where love is free to grow;
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But the point of a gun was the only law
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That Liberty understood.
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When the final showdown came at last
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A law book was no good.
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Alone and afraid she prayed that he'd
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Return that fateful night, that night.
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When nothing she said could keep her man
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From going out to fight.
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From the moment a girl gets to be full grown
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The very first thing she learns
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When two men go out to face each other,
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only one returns.
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Everyone heard two shots ring out,
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One shot made Liberty fall
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The man who shot Liberty Valance,
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He shot Liberty Valance,
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He was the bravest of them all.
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
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Burt Bacharach |