Shane and Dixie they were two-bit crooks  They wanted to be famous like you read in books  Shane had the brain and Dxie 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  CHORUS  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  CHORUS  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  CHORUS  They found the bodies when the neighbours 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  O 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  CHORUS  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------