Lyrics to
Cut Across Shorty

This version of Cut Across Shorty was released by Rod Stewart in 1970.

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Now a country boy named Shorty
and a city boy named Dan
had to prove who could run the fastest
to wed Miss Lucy’s hand

Now Dan had all the money
and he also had the looks
But Shorty musta had that something boys
that can’t be found in books

Chorus:
“Cut across Shorty, Shorty, cut across”
That’s what Miss Lucy said
“Cut across Shorty, Shorty, cut across
You know it’s you that I wanna wed”

Wait a minute
Now Dan had been in training
about a week before the race
He made up his mind old Shorty
would end in second place
You know Dan with his long legs flying
he left Shorty far behind
Shorty heard him holler out
Miss Lucy that you’ll soon be mine

(Chorus)

But Shorty wasn’t worried
There was a smile upon his face
‘Cause old Lucy had fixed the race
And just like that old story
about the turtle and the hare, you know that thing
when Danny crossed over the finish line
he found Shorty waiting there

(Chorus)

It’s you that I wanna wed, no no
And oh Lord it’s you I wanna wed
It’s you that I wanna wed

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Rod Stewart has released many songs over the years besides Cut Across Shorty. Rod Stewart released songs from 1969 to 2005 spanning across albums like An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down, Gasoline Alley, Every Picture Tells A Story, Never A Dull Moment, Smiler, Atlantic Crossing, A Night On The Town, Foot Loose & Fancy Free, Blondes Have More Fun, Foolish Behavior, Tonight I'm Yours, Body Wishes, Camouflage, Every Beat Of My Heart, Out Of Order, Vagabond Heart, Lead Vocalist, Unplugged... And Seated, A Spanner In The Works, If We Fall In Love Tonight, When We Were The New Boys, Human, It Had To Be You... The Great American Songbook, Stardust...The Great American Songbook: Volume III, and Thanks For The Memory... The Great American Songbook: Volume IV. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Rod Stewart.

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About Lyrics and Cut Across Shorty by Rod Stewart

The lyrics to Cut Across Shorty are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Rod Stewart used when the song was created in 1970. The lyrics to Cut Across Shorty have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Rod Stewart and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Cut Across Shorty by Rod Stewart. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Cut Across Shorty" means the words set to the music of Cut Across Shorty, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Rod Stewart. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Cut Across Shorty and the lyrics to Cut Across Shorty are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Rod Stewart who came here looking just for the lyrics to Cut Across Shorty, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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