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My Pappy said "Son you're goin' to drive me to drinkin' if you don't stop drivin' the Hot Rod Lincoln" Have you heard the story of the hot rod race Where the Fords and Lincolns were settin' the pace That story is true and I'm here to say that I was drivin' that Model A It's got a Lincoln motor and it's really suped up That Model A body makes it look like a pup It's got 8 cylinders and uses them all It's got overdrive, just won't stall With a four barrel carb and dual exhaust And 4:11 gears you can really get lost Got safety tubes, but I ain't scared The brakes are good, the tires fair Pulled out of San Pedro late one night The Moon and the stars were shinnin' bright We was driving up grapevine hill, passin' cars like they was standin' still All of a sudden in a wink of an eye A Cadillac sedan, he passed us by I said "Boys thats the mark for me" By then the tail light was all ya could see Now the fellas ribbed me for bein' behind So I thought I'd make the Lincoln unwind Took my foot off the gas and man alive I shoved it on down into overdrive Wound it up to 110 My speedometer said I had hit top then My foot was glued right there to the floor Thats all there is and there ain't no more Now the boys all thought I had lost my senes Them telephone poles looked like a picket fence They said slow down, I see spots The lines on the road just look like dots Took a corner, side swiped a truck Crossed my fingers just for luck My fenders was clicking the guard rail posts The guy beside my was white as a ghost Smoke was coming from out of the back When I started to gain on that Cadillac Knew I could catch him, thought I could pass Don't ya know by then we'd be low on gas They had flames coming from out the side Could feel the tension, man what a ride I said look out boys I got a licence to fly And that Caddy pulled over and let us by Now all of a sudden she started a knocken And down in the depths she started a rockin' I looked in the mirror, a red light was blinkin' The cops was after my Hot Rod Lincoln They arrested me and put me in jail And called my Pappy to throw my bail And he said "Son you're gonna drive my to drinkin', if ya don't stop driving that Hot Rod Lincoln." |