When Liberty Valance rode to town the womenfolk would hide
They'd hide
When Liberty Valance walked around, the men would step aside
For the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood
When it came to shootin' 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
But the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood
When it came to shootin' 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 on when he should go
Stay on
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 at last,
a law book was no good

Alone and afraid, she prayed that he'd return that fateful night
Ah, 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
A shot made Liberty fall!
The man who shot Liberty Valance,
he shot Liberty Valance,
he was the bravest of them all

The man who shot Liberty Valance,
he shot Liberty Valance,
he was the bravest of them all