the man who shot liberty valance

• bir de aynı isimde, hatta tam olarak (the man who shot) liberty valance isminde bir adet gene pitney şarkısı vardır ki pek çoşkun bir eser olmasına rağmen nedense bu diyarlarda pek dikkat çekmemiştir. şarkının muhteşemliği bir yana, bestesinin burt bacharach isimli makina tarafından yapılmış olması durumu daha da "oha be abi yeter" denilesi hale getiriyor. adamın bestelediği ve benim bayıldığım 197. şarkı bu. sözleri de hal david yazmış haliyle.
  
  bu yılın^* nisan ayında aramızdan ayrılmış olan gene pitney'e saygılarımızı sunarak, sözleri veriyorum bu eserin:
  
  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 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 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 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, aww that night
  when nothin' she said could keep her man from goin' 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 retur-r-r-ns
  
  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.