Hot Rod Lincoln lyrics

Artist  : Johnny Bond 
Song : Hot Rod Lincoln
 


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!"