The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Lyrics - James Taylor

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 it came to shooting straight and fast, 

He was mighty 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.