The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

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James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. more »

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1985

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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.

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