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Current version of Richard Thompson Lyrics Shane And Dixie (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/r/richard-thompson/shane-and-dixie/) Current version of the lyrics |
Version 1 of Richard Thompson Lyrics Shane And Dixie (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/r/richard-thompson/shane-and-dixie/...) Version 1 of the lyrics | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Shane and Dixie, they were two-bit crooks | Shane and Dixie they were two-bit crooks | 1 | |||||||||||
| They wanted to be famous like you read in books | They wanted to be famous like you read in books | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Shane had the brain and Dixie had the looks for glory | Shane had the brain and Dxie had the looks for glory | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | As a bank robber Shane really hadn't got a clue | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | As a bank robber, Shane really hadn't got a clue | 1 | ||||||||||||
| He'd end up likely at the end of a noose | He'd end up likely at the end of a noose | |||||||||||||
| Which was fine by Shane if the papers could use the story | Which was fine by Shane if the papers could use the story | |||||||||||||
| 4 | CHORUS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Fame and love, fame and love | Fame and love, fame and love | |||||||||||||
| Fame and love will never die | Fame and love will never die | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Shane said to Dixie, we're getting nowhere | Shane said to Dixie, we're getting nowhere | |||||||||||||
| But I've a fine idea if you love me, swear | But I've a fine idea if you love me, swear | |||||||||||||
| We'll be household names if we only dare, forever | We'll be household names if we only dare, forever | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Here's two bullets in my old carbine | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Here's two bullets in my old Carbine | 3 | ||||||||||||
| One is yours and the other is mine | One is yours and the other is mine | |||||||||||||
| Then we'll be happy till the end of time together | Then we'll be happy till the end of time together | |||||||||||||
| 6 | CHORUS | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Fame and love, fame and love | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Fame and love will never die | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| She screams, she swears | She screams, she swears | |||||||||||||
| She tears her hair | She tears her hair | |||||||||||||
| Saying, Shane this time | Saying, Shane this time | |||||||||||||
| You've lost your mind | You've lost your mind | |||||||||||||
| 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Shane took aim with the 16-bore | Shane took aim with the 16-bore | |||||||||||||
| And Dixie lay dying down there on the floor | And Dixie lay dying down there on the floor | |||||||||||||
| Shane was shaken but his purpose was more inspired | Shane was shaken but his purpose was more inspired | |||||||||||||
| 8 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Shane said, Lord what have I done | Shane said, Lord what have I done | |||||||||||||
| But this victory is only halfway won | But this victory is only halfway won | |||||||||||||
| Then he put the barrel underneath his tongue and fired | Then he put the barrel underneath his tongue and fired | |||||||||||||
| 7 | CHORUS | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Fame and love, fame and love | They found the bodies when the neighbours complained | 8 | |||||||||||
| 9 | Fame and love will never die | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 11 | They found the bodies when the neighbors complained | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Shane was all over the walls like paint | Shane was all over the walls like paint | |||||||||||||
| Dixie looked bad but her heart beat faint but surely | Dixie looked bad but her heart beat faint but surely | |||||||||||||
| 9 | Well they saved her life, they were just in time | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Well, they saved her life, they were just in time | 12 | ||||||||||||
| And she turned her back on a life of crime | And she turned her back on a life of crime | |||||||||||||
| And she married the man who came to type out her story | And she married the man who came to type out her story | |||||||||||||
| 10 | O the news of the screws most generously gave | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Oh, the news of the screws most generously gave | 13 | ||||||||||||
| The money helped to pay for Shane's new grave | The money helped to pay for Shane's new grave | |||||||||||||
| And it looked so fine till the vandals sprayed it over | And it looked so fine till the vandals sprayed it over | |||||||||||||
| 14 | 14 | |||||||||||||
| Time went by and the weeds grew high | Time went by and the weeds grew high | |||||||||||||
| And hid Shane's grave from the curious eye | And hid Shane's grave from the curious eye | |||||||||||||
| And maybe that's why we forget those lines he told her | And maybe that's why we forget those lines he told her | |||||||||||||
| 11 | CHORUS | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Fame and love, fame and love | ------------------------------- | 12 | |||||||||||
| Fame and love will never die | - - - - - - - | |||||||||||||
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| 2 | - - - - - - - -- | 2 | ||||||||||||
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