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."