And in case a kind soul wants to help out, the one I'm looking for is "Hot Rod Lincoln". For a friend!

Cowpie (country lyrics) - http://www.roughstock.com/cowpie/

International Lyrics Server (crippled, but still there) - http://www.lyrics.ch/

Rabid Squirrel's Jazz Archive (my favorite) -http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/newbonham/6/index.htm

Lyrics World (probably the best pop lyrics site still alive) - http://www.summer.com.br/~pfilho/summer.html

OLGA (On-Line Guitar Archive - search the mirror sites listed) - http://olga.net/

Thanks to all. Lyrics World worked very nicely. I couldn't get OLGA and the International Lyrics Server to give me anything useful, even trying the mirror sites. I think the last time I tried Lyrics World, it was down, and I foolishly assumed it had gone the way of the others.

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."

Spaw - It's a favorite of Cletus, Buford and Paw

Spaw

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I don't think you're dumb either, Spaw. I'm grateful for the typing, and I have NO FEAR that your first ten blue clicky things will lead to the Mucdat home page.

My daddy said son
You're gonna drive me to drinkin'
If you don't stop ridin' that
Hot rod Lincoln

Anybody have all the lyrics?

We were drivin down Grapevine Hill
passin cars like they were standin still...

Maybe some Commander Cody fan can patch in the rest.

LEJ

Enjoy the song.

Roger in Baltimore

HOT ROD LINCOLN
COMMANDER CODY AND THE LOST PLANET AIRMEN
My pappy said, "Son, you're gonna' drive me to drinkin'
If you don't stop drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln."
Have you heard this story of the Hot Rod Race
When Fords and Lincolns was settin' the pace.
That story is true, I'm here to say
I was drivin' that Model A.
It's got a Lincoln motor and it's really souped up.
That Model A Vitimix makes it look like a pup.
It's got eight cylinders; uses them all.
It's got overdrive, just won't stall.
With a 4-barrel carb and a dual exhaust,
With 4.11 gears you can really get lost.
It's got safety tubes, but I ain't scared.
The brakes are good, tires fair.
Pulled out of San Pedro late one night
The moon and the stars was shinin' bright.
We was drivin' up Grapevine Hill
Passing cars like they was standing still.
All of a sudden in a wink of an eye
A Cadillac sedan passed us by.
I said, "Boys, that's a mark for me!"
By then the taillight was all you could see.
Now the fellas was ribbin' 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 a hundred-and-ten
My speedometer said that I hit top end.
My foot was blue, like lead to the floor.
That's all there is and there ain't no more.
Now the boys all thought I'd lost my sense
And 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; sideswiped 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 out of the back
When I started to gain on that Cadillac.
Knew I could catch him, I thought I could pass.
Don't you know by then we'd be low on gas?
We had flames comin' from out of the side.
Feel the tension. Man! What a ride!
I said, "Look out, boys, I've got a license to fly!"
And that Caddy pulled over and let us by.
Now all of a sudden she started to knockin',
And down in the dips she started to rockin'.
I looked in my mirror; a red light was blinkin'
The cops was after my Hot Rod Lincoln!
They arrested me and they put me in jail.
And 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!"

Roger in Baltimore

Way to go, Kat and Joe!

Big RiB

Spaw