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When liberty valance came to town |
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The women folk would hide |
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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 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 |
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From out of the east a stranger came |
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A law book in his hand |
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A man the kind of man |
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The west would need to ease a troubled land |
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Because the point of a gun |
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Was the only law 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 |
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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 |
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Now the love of a woman can make a man |
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Stay on when he should go |
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Stay on |
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Just trying to build a peaceful life |
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Where love is free to go |
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But the point of a gun |
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Was the only law 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 |
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Alone and afraid she prayed that he'd |
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Return that fateful night |
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That night |
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When nothing she said could keep her man |
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From going out to fight |
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But the point of a gun |
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Was the only law that liberty understood |
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When the final showdown came to pass |
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A law book was no good |
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Out in the sun two shots rang out |
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The shots 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 |
