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(Oh) Maybellene, why can't you be true,
whoah Maybellene, why can't you be true
You're not startin' right, doin' those things you used to do
As I was motivatin over the hill, I saw Maybellene in a Coup de Ville,
a cadillac a-rollin on the open road,
yeah, but nothin out race my V8 Ford,
The Cadillac doin' 'bout 95, she's bumper to bumper, rollin' side by side.
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He cooled down, the motor cooled down
That's when I'd heard that highway sound
I kept back sittin' like a ton of lead
Got a hundred and ten a half mile ahead

Cadillac lookin' like it's standin' still
And I caught Maybellene at the top of the hill
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You're not startin' right, doin' those things you used to do
You're not startin' right, doin' those things you used to do