The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

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[Verse 1]

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When Liberty Valance came to town
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Womenfolk would hide, they'd hide
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  When Liberty Valance walked around
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The men would step aside
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Because the point of a gun
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Was the only law
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That Liberty understood
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  When it came to shooting
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Straight and fast
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Well he was mighty good

[Verse 2]

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From out of the east
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A stranger came
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A law book in his hand
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A man, the kind of a man
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The west would need
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To ease a troubled land
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Because the point of a gun
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Was the only law
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That Liberty understood
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When it came to shooting
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Straight and fastG
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He was mighty good

[Chorus]

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Many a man would face his gun
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And many a man would fall
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The man who shot Liberty Valance
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He shot Liberty Valance
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He was the bravest of them all

[Verse 3]

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Now the love of a woman
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Can make a man stay on
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When he should go, stay on
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  Just trying to build a peaceful life
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Where love is free to grow
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Because the point of a gun
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Was the only law
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That Liberty understood
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When it came to shooting
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Straight and fast
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He was mighty good

[Verse 4]

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Alone and afraid
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She prayed that he'd return
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That fateful night, that night
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  Nothing she said
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Could keep her man
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Going out to fight
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But the point of a gun
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Was the only law
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That Liberty understood
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When the final showdown
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Came to pass
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A law book was no good

[Chorus]

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Out in the sun two shots ring out
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A shot made Liberty fall
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The man who shot Liberty Valance
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He shot Liberty Valance
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He was the bravest of them all
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The man who shot Liberty Valance
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He shot Liberty Valance
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He was the bravest of them all