Return that fateful night, ahh, that night
The men would step aside
Many a man would face his gun and many a man would fall
The love of a girl can make a man
Alone and afraid she prayed that he'd
From out of the east a stranger came
The man who shot Liberty Valance
Only one returns
Was the only law that Liberty understood
He shot Liberty Valance
Her man from going out to fight
Where love is free to grow
When two men go out to face each other
The kind of a man the West would need
Was the only law that Liberty understood
Stay on when he should go, stay on
When it came to shooting, straight and fast
When it came to shooting, straight and fast
Because the point of a gun
Was the only law that Liberty understood
From the moment a girl gets to be full grown
When nothing she said could keep
'Cause the point of a gun
He shot Liberty Valance
The very first thing she learns
The man who shot Liberty Valance
Just trying to build a peaceful life
But the point of a gun
A law book was no good
When the final showdown came to pass
He was the bravest of them all
To tame a troubled land
Everyone heard two shots ring out
He was mighty good
The man who shot Liberty Valance
He was the bravest of them all
He shot Liberty Valance
A law book in his hand, a man
The shot made Liberty fall
He was mighty good
When Liberty Valance walked around
