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The meaning of the lyrics of the song "Doc Holiday" by the artist "Volbeat"

The song "Doc Holiday" by the Danish rock band Volbeat tells the story of the legendary Wild West gunman Doc Holliday. The lyrics convey the image of a daring, self-confident and dangerous man who lives by his own rules.

The first lines paint a picture: Doc Holliday, standing out from the crowd with his "sunken eye of death", challenges those around him, provoking them to a fight. He craves action, seeks thrills, fearing neither death nor the enemy.

Further, the song reveals the image of Doc as a man of action: he drinks cheap whiskey, is always armed, ready for a shootout ("Hold on to your guns"). But at the same time, he is not devoid of charisma: an avid gambler, a gallant gentleman ("drifter from far who charmed all the ladies").

The song also mentions Doc Holliday's friendship with another famous gunman - Wyatt Earp ("backed Wyatt Earp to the very end, brotherhood of cement").

Overall, the song "Doc Holiday" is a hymn to freedom, rebellion, life on the edge. Doc Holliday in Volbeat's interpretation is a romanticized image of a "man outside the law", living by his own rules and not afraid to challenge fate.

An outlaw walking through the valley of men

Glared with a sunken eye of death

Moved his head from side to side and said

Come on you gutless slugs fight like a man

State your name and business

And let's see what you got

Another body for the hangman's count

Show me the bar, and show me the cards

Hold on to your guns

Yeah

Filled up with bug juice

The moonshine in his hand

Hot headed with a temperament

The speediest deadliest man with a gun

A bloody gambler but a gentleman dog

A frontier vagabond who charms all the dames

Hello ladies, how's your day today

Let me introduce you to myself

Doc Holliday

The outlaw man's roar

The outlaw man

A friendly man but without a friend

Fort Griffin Texas here I am

Supported Wyatt Earp to the very end

Cemented brotherhood

Don't get in his way

You can not shake his boots

You can not scar his fate

Down under you will hear him grin

Great the man the outlaw himself

Doc Holliday

The outlaw man's roar

The outlaw man

Filled up with bug juice

The moonshine in his hand

Hot headed with a temperament

The speediest deadliest man with a gun

A bloody gambler but a gentleman dog

A frontier vagabond who charms all the dames

Hello ladies, how's your day today

Let me introduce you to myself

Doc Holliday

The outlaw man's roar

The outlaw man

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