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Lyr ADD: Hot Rod Lincoln

20 Sep 99 - 11:21 AM (#115732)
Subject: Pop lyrics?
From: Jerry Friedman

The lyrics sites I'm familiar with (through the Mudcat links) seem to have been shut down or made unusable. Does anybody know a good place to get pop lyrics nowadays?

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

20 Sep 99 - 11:35 AM (#115738)
Subject: RE: Pop lyrics?
From: Allan C.

The Lyrics World site (and Mudcat link) is still alive and well and has the song you seek.

20 Sep 99 - 11:41 AM (#115740)
Subject: RE: Pop lyrics?
From: Jeri

The story of the song and a photo of the car are here There's a link to the lyrics on that page.

20 Sep 99 - 11:46 AM (#115742)
Subject: RE: Pop lyrics Sites
From: Joe Offer

Hi, Jerry - I swear that song's been posted here, but I didn't find it in a Forum search. Click here to get to the lyrics at Cowpie.
You may want to bookmark these sites:
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/
I think these are all listed on our Links page.
-Joe Offer-

20 Sep 99 - 12:07 PM (#115747)
Subject: RE: Pop lyrics?
From: Jerry Friedman

You sure get quick service around here!

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.

20 Sep 99 - 12:13 PM (#115749)
Subject: RE: Pop lyrics?
From: Jerry Friedman

By the way, Joe, that link at Cowpie is just suggestions for playing the rhythm-guitar part--sort of a tab in an unusual format.

20 Sep 99 - 12:20 PM (#115759)
Subject: Lyr Add: HOT ROD LINCOLN
From: catspaw49

Okay.............

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

20 Sep 99 - 12:31 PM (#115766)
Subject: RE: Pop lyrics?
From: Joe Offer

Oh, fer dumb. You're right, Jerry - I found the listing for the song at Cowpie, but didn't scroll past the guitar information and didn't realize that there were no lyrics posted. And what OLGA has is a copy of Cowpie's information - but I did check this time, and OLGA still does have lyrics and tab for other songs that you can search for at the site I posted above - you just have to study the site a little closer. International Lyrics Server has the song, but it flashes past you on the screen so fast that you can't even read all the lyrics aloud - and you can't highlight and copy them.
So, click here to get to the lyrics you already found at Lyrics World.
-Joe Offer-

20 Sep 99 - 12:39 PM (#115772)
Subject: RE: Pop lyrics?
From: Jerry Friedman

Thanks again! I've obviously been giving up too easily. If there's a Mudcat Spirit, it isn't that.

20 Sep 99 - 12:45 PM (#115776)
Subject: RE: Pop lyrics?
From: catspaw49

BTW...After typing that crap like the dumbass that I am, I saw that our resident "Hotshoes" had already netted the damn thing...so I went and read the site about Charlie Ryan. He had another one that I didn't see mention of there called "Side Car Cycle" (pronounced "Sickel'). I ain't posting that one. I'm sure it's somewhere and the 'Shoes can find it if you want it Jerry.

Spaw

20 Sep 99 - 12:53 PM (#115781)
Subject: RE: Pop lyrics?
From: Joe Offer

Yeah, I don't think we want to go teaching Catspaw how to do blue clicky things. That could be dangerous....
click
-Joe Offer-

<a href=http://www.mudcat.org/>Click here</a>

22 Sep 99 - 12:21 PM (#116459)
Subject: RE: Pop lyrics?
From: Jerry Friedman

I don't think you're dumb, Joe, and my friend Pete may appreciate the non-tab tab.

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.

04 Oct 99 - 05:26 PM (#120674)
Subject: Hot Rod Lincoln
From: Matthew B.

BAck in the summer of 1973, there was a hit song with the lyrics:

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?

04 Oct 99 - 05:58 PM (#120683)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hot Rod Lincoln
From: Lonesome EJ

Have you heard the story bout the hot-rod race
where the Fords and Lincolns were settin the pace
That story's true, I'm here to say
I was drivin that Model A

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

Maybe some Commander Cody fan can patch in the rest.

LEJ

04 Oct 99 - 06:03 PM (#120685)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hot Rod Lincoln
From: Roger in Baltimore

The lyrics are available at Lyrics World, a great site for Top 40 lyrics like this. To get specifically to the song try clicking here.

Enjoy the song.

Roger in Baltimore

04 Oct 99 - 06:08 PM (#120687)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hot Rod Lincoln
From: katlaughing

One of my favourites! Here ya go, courtesy of Lyrics World:

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!"

04 Oct 99 - 06:09 PM (#120689)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hot Rod Lincoln
From: katlaughing

Jeez, BigRib, took me that long to put in the line breaks. Great minds, I guess, huh?

04 Oct 99 - 06:13 PM (#120691)
Subject: ADD: Hot Rod Lincoln
From: Joe Offer

Click Here for tips from Cowpie on how to play it, but no lyrics. something makes me thing we had a request for this just a few weeks ago and came up with the same thing. this'll take care of it, once and for all.
-Joe Offer-

HOT ROD LINCOLN
(words & music by Charles Ryan & W.S. Sevenson, 1960)
(recorded by Johnny Bond, later by COMMANDER CODY AND THE LOST PLANET AIRMEN- 1972)

My pappy said, "Son, you're gonna' drive me to drinkin'...and the rest is just like Kat and Roger said, but they're faster... (I'll delete all those lyrics I just posted....)

04 Oct 99 - 06:16 PM (#120692)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hot Rod Lincoln
From: Roger in Baltimore

Well, you'll just have to search for the song. Try under H under Titles, then go to hot, you'll get there.

Roger in Baltimore

04 Oct 99 - 09:45 PM (#120758)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hot Rod Lincoln
From: Roger in Baltimore

Man, we smashed that request! We were posting so fast we just stepped all over each other. I guess we just get inspired when the lyrics to a great folk song are requested (TIC)!

Way to go, Kat and Joe!

Big RiB

04 Oct 99 - 10:44 PM (#120784)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hot Rod Lincoln
From: catspaw49

Geez, I check in and first thing , I notice this thread and thought...."What's new on that?"..........Then I read it and realized it was an entirely new thread. True, you all did nail it and RiB it is a great folk song as you say, but Fr. Joebro, your memory banks are slippin'....it's an old age thing, don't feel bad. In any case, here's the other thread where I, like Kat, piddled away time typing while Jeri and Joe did that fancy computer stuff. BTW-there's a neat link in the other thread about Charlie's HOT ROD LINCOLN>

Spaw

04 Oct 99 - 11:01 PM (#120793)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hot Rod Lincoln
From: Dale Rose

Well, I think by now, credit has been given where credit is due ~~ it is a Charlie Ryan composition, 1960. You can hear a bit of it along with several other CLASSICS on the album Corny Country at CDNow. I'm just going to copy and paste the contents, and hope it all comes out in a form that you can read. All cuts have sound clips.
1. Auctioneer - Leroy Van Dyke
2. The Battle Of Kookamonga - Homer & Jethro
3. Ode To The Little Brown Shack Out Back - Billy Edd Wheeler
4. The Credit Card Song - Dick Feller
5. Chug-A-Lug - Roger Miller
6. Gitarzan - Ray Stevens
7. Don't Go Near The Eskimos - Ben Colder
8. Hot Rod Lincoln - Charlie Ryan
9. When The Ship Hits The Sand - 'Little' Jimmy Dickens
10.Is Zat You, Myrtle? - The Carlisles

04 Oct 99 - 11:05 PM (#120798)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hot Rod Lincoln
From: Dale Rose

Naw, they've figured out how to keep you from linking to their pages. Seems to me that they'd be glad to get the extra traffic, and maybe the extra sales. It is easy enough though ~~ when the page that they send you to comes up, just change Artist to Album Title, enter Corny Country, and hit Find It. That'll get you there.

05 Oct 99 - 02:22 AM (#120858)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hot Rod Lincoln
From: Joe Offer

Darn it, Catspaw, I knew there was a thread on that song lately, and I had meant to change the title on your lyrics message so it would show up in a search. It's a good idea for everybody. If you post lyrics or a tune in a thread that doesn't clearly identify the title of the song, just change the "subject" line to ADD LYRICS: name-of-song.
Dale, if you want to link to something you found by searching a site, it's a good idea to right-click on the link that got you to that location, select "copy schortcut," and paste THAT link into your link that you're posting here in the forum.
-Joe Offer-

27 Jan 24 - 10:39 PM (#4196264)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hot Rod Lincoln
From: GUEST,paperback

Interesting background. . .

"Hot Rod Lincoln"

It was while driving back from a gig at Lewiston's Pair-A-Dice Club that the idea for Ryan's next song was sparked by a particular incident. One night Ryan decided to race a Cadillac owned by his buddy, Bert Bartholomew, over the narrow Clearwater Bridge northward out of Lewiston and right up that Lewiston Highway toward Spokane. Ryan later recalled: "He passed me goin' up there and I passed him comin' down" (Bristol, 15). That post-midnight white-knuckle trip inspired a set of lyrics -- "the fenders were clickin' the guardrail posts, the guys beside me were white as ghosts"* -- that Ryan worked on for a few years before completing, and then finally recording, the song.
Here


* Climbing Lewiston Hill - YouTube youtube.com

I don't think you could twist the end of the speedometer cable off on Lewiston Hill.

The Grapevine maybe but not the
Old Spiral Highway

31 Jan 24 - 08:00 AM (#4196437)
Subject: RE: Lyr ADD: Hot Rod Lincoln
From: clueless don

In the category of "Nobody cares, Don!": The opening lines of Hot Rod Lincoln make reference to a "Hot Rod Race". I actually have a recording of Hot Rod Race, which describes a cross country race between two cars, until they are both passed by "a kid - in a hopped up Model A".