Maybellene
Maybellene, why canand't you be true?
oh maybellene, why canand't you be true?
youand've started back doing the things you used to do.
As i was motivatinand' over the hill
i saw maybellene in a coup de ville.
a cadillac a-rollinand' on the open road,
nothinand' will outrun my v8 ford.
the cadillac doinand' and'bout ninety-five,
sheand's bumper to bumber rollinand' side by side.
Maybellene, why canand't you be true?
oh maybellene, why canand't you be true?
youand've started back doing the things you used to do.
Pink in the mirror on top of the hill,
itand's just like swallowinand' up a medicine pill.
first thing i saw that cadillac grille
doinand' a hundred and ten gallopinand' over that hill.
offhill curve, a downhill strecth,
me and that cadillac neck by neck.
Maybellene, why canand't you be true?
oh maybellene, why canand't you be true?
youand've started back doing the things you used to do.
The cadillac pulled up ahead of the ford,
the ford got hot and wouldnand't do no more.
it then got clody and it started to rain,
i tooted my horn for a passinand' lead
the rain water blowinand' all under my hood,
i knew that was doinand' my motor good.
Maybellene, why canand't you be true?
oh maybellene, why canand't you be true?
youand've started back doing the things you used to do.
The motor cooled down, the heat went down
and thatand's when i heard that highway sound.
the cadillac a-sittinand' like a ton of lead
a hundred and ten a half a mile ahead.
the cadillac lookinand' like itand's sittinand' still
and i caught maybellene at the top of the hill.
Maybellene, why canand't you be true?
oh maybellene, why canand't you be true?
youand've started back doing the things you used to do.