HOT ROD LINCOLN

Well you heard the story of the hot rod race
That fatal day when the Ford and the Mercury went out to play
Well this is the inside story and I'm here to say
I was the kid that was a drivin' that Model A.

Well it's got a Lincoln motor and it's really souped up
But that Model A body makes it look like a pup
Got 12 cylinders and uses them all
With an overdrive that just won't stall.

Got a 4 barrel carb and dual exhaust
With a 4.11 gear you can really get lost
Got safety tubes and I'm not scared
'Cause the brakes are good and the tires are fair.

Well we left San Pedro late one night
The moon and the stars were shinin' bright
Everything went fine up the Grapevine Hill
We was passin' cars, just like they was standin' still.

When all of the sudden in the flick of an eye
A Cadillac sedan had passed me by
The remark was made, "There's the car for me"
But by then the taillights was all you could see.

Well the fellas ribbed me for bein' behind
So I started to make that Lincoln unwind
I took my foot off the gas
And man alive, I shoved her down into overdrive

I wound her up to 110
Twisted the speedometer cable right off the end
I had my foot beat clear to the floor
Said "That's all there is, there ain't no more."

Went around a corner and I passed a truck
Whispered a prayer, just for luck
Fenders clickin' on the guard rail posts
The guys beside me were white as ghosts.

They said, "Boy I think you've lost your sense
Them telephone poles look like a picket fence."
Said "Slow down...I see spots
Them lines in the road they just look like dots."

Smoke was a rollin' outta' the back
When I started to gain on that Cadillac
Knew I could catch him and hoped I could pass
But when I did, I be sure to UN-gas!

Went around the corner with the tires on the side
You could feel the tension, Man whadda' ride
Said, "Hold on I gotta' license to fly"
The Caddy pulled over...Let me go by

Just about then a rod started knockin'
Went down in a dip and started to rockin'
Looked in my mirror and a red light was blinkin'
Cops.....after my hot rod Lincoln

Well they arrested me and they put me in jail
Called my Pop to go my bail
He said, "Son, you're gonna' drive me to drinkin'
If you don't quit drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln."




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