liberty valance
Singer:royal guardsmen, the
when liberty valance rode to town
the women folk would hide
when liberty valance walked around
'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
the kind of a man the west would need to tame a troubled land
'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. many a man would face his gun and many a man would fall
but the man who shot liberty valance
he was the bravest of them all. the love of a girl can make a man stay on when he should go
just tryin' to build a peaceful land 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 law book was no good. alone and afraid she prayed that he'd return that fateful night
when nothin' she said could keep her man from goin' out to fight
from the moment a girl gets to be full-grown
the very first thing she learns
when two men go out to face each other only one returns. everyone heard two shots ring out
but the man who shot liberty valance
he was the bravest of them all. the man who shot liberty valance