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Artist/Band: Richard Thompson
Lyrics for Song: Shane And Dixie
Lyrics for Album: Other Songs - Richard Thompson



Shane and Dixie, they were two-bit crooks

They wanted to be famous like you read in books

Shane had the brain and Dixie had the looks for glory



As a bank robber, Shane really hadn't got a clue

He'd end up likely at the end of a noose

Which was fine by Shane if the papers could use the story



Fame and love, fame and love

Fame and love will never die



Shane said to Dixie, we're getting nowhere

But I've a fine idea if you love me, swear

We'll be household names if we only dare, forever



Here's two bullets in my old Carbine

One is yours and the other is mine

Then we'll be happy till the end of time together



Fame and love, fame and love

Fame and love will never die



She screams, she swears

She tears her hair

Saying, Shane this time

You've lost your mind



Shane took aim with the 16-bore

And Dixie lay dying down there on the floor

Shane was shaken but his purpose was more inspired



Shane said, Lord what have I done

But this victory is only halfway won

Then he put the barrel underneath his tongue and fired



Fame and love, fame and love

Fame and love will never die



They found the bodies when the neighbors complained

Shane was all over the walls like paint

Dixie looked bad but her heart beat faint but surely



Well, they saved her life, they were just in time

And she turned her back on a life of crime

And she married the man who came to type out her story



Oh, the news of the screws most generously gave

The money helped to pay for Shane's new grave

And it looked so fine till the vandals sprayed it over



Time went by and the weeds grew high

And hid Shane's grave from the curious eye

And maybe that's why we forget those lines he told her



Fame and love, fame and love

Fame and love will never die


Album Lyrics: Other Songs - Richard Thompson


Richard Thompson
"Other Songs - Richard Thompson"


1. 1952 Vintage Black Lightning
2. Auldie Riggs
3. Crawl Back ( Under My Stone )
4. Fast Food
5. Grey Walls
6. Gypsy Love Songs
7. Has He Got A Friend For Me
8. Haul Me Up
9. Hide It Away
10. Hope You Like The New Me
11. I Found A Stray
12. I Ride In Your Slipstream
13. Jealous Words
14. Jerusalem On The Jukebox
15. Love In A Faithless Country
16. Mascara Tears
17. Mgb-Gt
18. Mingus Eyes
19. Money
20. Mother Knows Best
21. Mr Rebound
22. Mystery Wind
23. Psycho Street
24. Read About Love
25. Reckless Kind
26. Roll Over Vaughan Williams
27. Shane And Dixie
28. So Ben Mi Ch'a Bon Tempo
29. Taking My Business Elsewhere
30. The Calvary Cross
31. The Rival
32. The Tic-Tac Man
33. The Way That It Shows
34. We Got To Get Out Of This Place
35. We Sing Hallelujah
36. Will You Dance, Charlie Boy
37. You Dream Too Much
38. The Boys Of Mutton Street
39. Wall Of Death
40. A Love You Can't Survive
41. Among The Gorse, Among The Grey
42. Back Street Slide
43. Crimescene
44. Dimming Of The Day / Dargai [Edit]
45. First Breath
46. Gethsemane
47. Hard On Me
48. I Still Dream
49. I'll Regret It All In The Morning
50. If Love Whispers Your Name
51. It Won't Be Long
52. One Door Opens
53. Put Your Trust In Me
54. She Steers By Lightning
55. Sidney Wells
56. Small Town Romance [Live]
57. Stumble On
58. That's All, Amen, Close The Door
59. Yankee, Go Home
60. Dimming Of The Day / Dargai
61. From Galway To Graceland
62. I'll Tag Along
63. Shine On Love