When Liberty Valance rode to town
  The women folk would hide, they'd hide
  When Liberty Valance walked around
  Then 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 a man the west would need
  To tame a troubled land
  
  "Cos 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
  
  The love of a girl can make a man
  Stay home when he should go, stay home
  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 last
  A law book was no good
  
  Alone and afraid she prayed that he'd
  Return that fateful night, ahh 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 learns
  When two men go out to face each other
  Only one returns
  
  Everyone heard two shots ring out
  One shot made Liberty fall
  (2x)
  The man who shot Liberty Valance
  He shot Liberty Valance
  He was the bravest of them all