When Liberty Valance came to town, the women folk would hide, they'd hide.
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When Liberty Valance walked around, the men would step aside
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because the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood.
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When it came to shooting straight and fast, he was mighty good.
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From out of the east a stranger came, a law book in his hand.
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A man, the kind of man the west would need to ease a troubled land.
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because the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood.
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When it came to shooting straight and fast, he was mighty good.
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Many a man would face his gun and many a man would fall.
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The man who shot Liberty Valance, he shot Liberty Valance, he was the bravest of them all.
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Now the love of a woman can make a man stay on when he should go, stay on.
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just trying to build a peaceful life where love is free to go.
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But the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood.
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When it came to shooting straight and fast, he was mighty good.
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Alone and afraid she prayed that he'd return that fateful night, that night.
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when nothing she said could keep her man from going out to fight.
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But the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood.
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When it came to shooting straight and fast, he was mighty good.
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Out in the sun, two shots rang out, the shots made Liberty fall.
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The man who shot Liberty Valance, he shot Liberty Valance he was the bravest of them all.
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
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| James Taylor |
