Hot Rod Lincoln

My pappy said "son, you gonna drive me to drinkin'

If you don't stop drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln"

Have you heard the story about the hot rod race

Where the Fords and the Lincolns were settin' the pace?

That story's true, I'm here to say

I was a drivin' that Model-A

It's got a Lincoln motor and it's really souped up

That Model-A body makes it look like a pup

It's got eight cylinders and uses 'em all

Got overdrive, just won't stall

With a four-barrel carb and a dual exhaust

With 4-11 gears you can really get lost

Got safety tubes but I ain't scared

The brakes are good, tires fair

Pulled outta San Pedro late one night

The moon and the stars was shinin' bright

We was drivin' up Grapevine hill

Passin' cars like they was standin' still

All of a sudden in the wink of an eye

Cadillac sedan passed us by

I said "boys, that's the mark for me"

By then the tailight was all you 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 'n' man alive

I shoved it on down into overdrive

Wound it up to a hunderd an' ten

My speedometer said that I hit top end

My foot was glued like lead to the floor

That's all there is an' there ain't no more

Now the boys all thought I'd lost my sense

Them telephone poles looked like a picket fence

They said "slow down, I see spots!"

The lines on the road just looked like dots

Took a corner 'n' side-swiped a truck

Crossed my fingers just for luck

My fenders was clickin' the guardrail posts

The guy beside me was white as a ghost

Smoke was comin' from outta the back

When started t' gain on that Cacillac

Knew I could catch him, I thought I could pass

Don't cha by then we'd be low on gas

We had flames comin' from outta the side

You could feel the tension, man whatta ride

I said "look out boys, I got a license to fly"

And that Caddy pulled over and let us by

Now all of a sudden she started knockin'

Down in the dip she started to rock

And I looked in the mirror, a red light was blinkin'

The cops was after my Hot Rod Lincoln

They arrested me and they put me in jail

And they called my pappy to throw my bail

And he said "son, you're gonna drive me to drinkin'

If you don't stop drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln"