I'm Gonna Strangle You Shorty (with Scotty Moore, D. J. Fontana & Lee Rocker)
Well, half way to Louisanna, Half way from Alabam I seen Shorty runnin down the highway Lookin like a worried man
I rolled down my window, Told him to hop on in I never had to stop on the old blacktop I heard a woman yellin after him
"I'm gonna strangle you Shorty, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy" That is what she said "I'm gonna strangle you Shorty, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy" "You're way up over your head."
We pulled in to Tuscaloosa found a bar by the side of the road I ordered us a order of french fries Shorty went to lighten his load
When the waitress happened to see him, I never seen any woman so sore The skillet come flyin' out the kitchen And Shorty runnin' out the door
"I'm gonna strangle you Shorty, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy" That is what she said "I'm gonna strangle you Shorty, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy" "You're way up over your head."
We pulled in to Texarkana Shorty sweatin his short lifespan But sure as the wind gonna blow again Here come that woman with that fryin' pan
I ran east and Shorty ran West I never seen which way he went Next day I saw his picture in the paper he was lyin By a fryin' pan whose handle was bent
"I'm gonna strangle you Shorty, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy" That is what she said "I'm gonna strangle you Shorty, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy" "You're way up over your head."