Hot Rod Lincoln

Текст песни Asleep At The Wheel - Hot Rod Lincoln

My pappy said, "Son, you're gonna drive me to drinkin'
If you don't stop drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln"

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

Got a Lincoln motor and it's really souped up
That Model A body makes it look like a pup
It's got 8 cylinders and uses 'em all
Got overdrive, just won't stall

With 4-barrel carbs and a dual exhaust
And 4:11 gears, you can really get lost
Got safety too, but I ain't scared
If the brakes are good and the tires fair

We pulled out of San Pedro late one night
When the moon and the stars were shinin' bright
We was drivin' up Grapevine Hill
Passin' cars like they were standin' still

All of a sudden, in the wink of an eye
A Cadillac Sedan passed us by
I said, "Boys, that's a mark for me"
By then, the taillights was all you could see

Now, the fellas all ribbed me for bein' behind
So I thought I'd make that Lincoln unwind
Took my foot off the gas and, man alive
I shoved it all down into overdrive

Well, I wound it up to a hundred and ten
My speedometer said that I'd hit top end
My foot was glued like lead to the floor
That's all there is, there ain't no more

Now the boys all thought that I'd lost my sense
Them telephone poles looked like a picket fence
They said, "Slow down, I see spots"
The lines on the road just looked like dots

We took a corner, side swiped a truck
And I crossed my fingers, just for luck
And my fender was clickin' the guard rail post
And the guy beside me was white as a ghost

Smoke was comin' from outta the back
When I started to gain on that Cadillac
I knew I could catch him, I thought I could pass
Don't ya know by then, we'd be low on gas

I had flames comin' from out of the side
You could feel the tension, man, what a ride
I said, "Look out, boys, I've got a license to fly"
That Caddy pulled over and let us by

Now, all of a sudden she started a-knockin'
Down in the depths she started a-rockin'
I looked in the mirror, red light was blinkin'
The cops was after my Hot Rod Lincoln

They arrested me and put me in jail
Then they called my pappy to throw my bail
He said, "Son, you're gonna drive me to drinkin'
If you don't stop drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln"