down in dallas texas where loving's nothing new
old slim and shorty both love cindy lou
they went out to run a foot race
to see whose love was true
the winner soon would marry cindy lou
this story's true
when the race got started old slim was way ahead
cause shorty's legs were only two feet long
but when someone said to cindy
old shorty's run the gong
the oil well he's been drilling
just came through she sang this song
cut across the infield shorty
cut across the infields son
you can beat them if you do it
jump the fence and then go to it
for i know now that you are the one
cindy wasn't worried before the race was run
she liked them both
that's how the story's told
but when someone came and told her
that shorty had struck gold
she couldn't quite believe
but just in case she hollered oh
cut across the infield shorty
cut across the end feel sun
you can beat him if you do it
jump the fence and then go to it
for i know now that you are the one
when the race was over and shorty he had won
she found out he had paid the guys to say
that the oil and gold were hissing
and then and there she vowed to beat him with a club
but shorty ran out through the crowd
cut across the infield shorty
cut across the infield son you
can beat her if you do it
jump the fence and then go to it first
she knows now that you ain't the one
