If youre not aware of the movie, you may not know this, but there are actually three men being mentioned in the song.
Liberty Valance, the law-abiding man from the east, and the man who shot liberty valance.
While the gun duel was between liberty valance and and "stranger from the east", the "man who shot liberty valance" was a third man hidden from everyone's view. He had to step in to save the "easterner" who was sure to be killed, and also to end liberty's reign in the town.
With that in mind, I REALLY like the line "Everyone heard two shots ring out, a shot made Liberty fall"
If youre not aware of the movie, you may not know this, but there are actually three men being mentioned in the song. Liberty Valance, the law-abiding man from the east, and the man who shot liberty valance.
While the gun duel was between liberty valance and and "stranger from the east", the "man who shot liberty valance" was a third man hidden from everyone's view. He had to step in to save the "easterner" who was sure to be killed, and also to end liberty's reign in the town.
With that in mind, I REALLY like the line "Everyone heard two shots ring out, a shot made Liberty fall"
can be interpreted in so many ways. :)