Discover the story of the song > Cut Across Shorty – Eddie Cochran

There were two guys, Shorty and Dan, who liked the same girl named Lucy. Lucy wanted them to race to see who could win her hand in marriage. Dan was rich and good looking, but Shorty had something special. Lucy told Shorty to "cut across," meaning to take a shortcut, and he won the race because Lucy had fixed the race for him to win. In the end, Lucy chose to marry Shorty.