Does anyone know the complete lyrics to the song, "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance", by Gene Pitney.

Answer 1

Song: (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance
Artist: Gene Pitney
Album: Gene Pitney Anthology 1961-1968 (Rhino R2 75896)

Interesting info on this song -

-peak Billboard position # 4 in 1962

-written for the movie starring John Wayne, Lee Marvin, and Jimmy Stewart but then NOT included in the soundtrack

As Pitney himself explains it, "The song
'Liberty Valance' was written for the movie but for some strange reason never was
put in the sound track. Because of the prior success with 'Town Without Pity', I
was paid a bundle to record the song, and Burt Bacharach produced it. He wrote
the song with Hal David. There was some screw up between the Publishing
company Famous Music, and the Parent company, Paramount Pictures as to why
it never was in the actual film."

The Lyrics

When Liberty Valance rode 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 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

Because 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 home when he should go
Stay home
Just tryin 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
Ohh 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
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

Answer 2

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence Lyrics

When Liberty Valance rode to town
The womenfolk would hide, they'd hide
When Liberty Valance walked around
The men would step aside

Cause 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

Cause 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 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, oh 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
The shot made Liberty fall
The man who shot Liberty Valence
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

Answer 3

When Liberty Valance rode to town the women folk would hide, they'd hide.

When Liberty Valance walked around the men would step aside
'Cause 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. 'Cause the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood.
When it cam 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 Valence, he shot Liberty Valence.
He was the best of them all.

Answer 4

you must know if you got this far with it