[Verse 1]
Oh, 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 wasn't no use
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
Fame and love, fame and love
Fame and love will never die
Never die, never die

[Verse 2]
Well, Shane says to Dixie, "We're getting nowhere
I've a fine idea if you love me, swear
We'd be household names if we only dare, forever
Here's two bullets in my old carbine
One is yours and the other is mine
They'll find us there at the scene of the crime together"

[Chorus]
Fame and love, fame and love
Fame and love will never die
Fame and love, fame and love
La da da da da will never die
Never die
[Bridge]
Well, she screams, she swears
She tears her hair
Saying, "Shane, this time
You've lost your mind"

[Verse 3]
Shane took aim with the sixteen-bore
Dixie lay dying down there on the floor
Shane was shaken but his purpose was more inspired
Shane says, "Lord, what have I done?"
But this victory is only halfway won
He put the barrel underneath his tongue and fired

[Chorus]
Well, fame and love, fame and love
Fame and love will never die
Fame and love, fame and love
Fame and love will never die
Never die, never die

[Verse 4]
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
She turned her back on a life of crime
And she married the man who came to type out her story
[Verse 5]
The news of the screws most generously gave
The money helped to pay for Shane's new grave
It looked so fine till the vandals sprayed it over
Time took its toll 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]
He just said fame and love, fame and love
Fame and love will never die
Fame and love, fame and love
Fame and love will never die
Fame and love, fame and love
Fame and love will never die
Never die, never die
Never die, never die