Hot Rod Lincoln

Well, you heard the story of the hot rod race that fatal day
 When a Ford and a Mercury went out to play
 Well, this is the inside story, and I'm here to say
 I was the kid that was driving that Model A
 It's got a Lincoln motor, and it's really souped up
 And that Model A body makes it look like a pup
 It's got 12 cylinders, uses them all
 With an overdrive that just won't stall
 It's got a 4-barrel carb and a dual exhaust
 4–11, gears, you can really get lost
 It's got safety tubes, and I'm not scared
 The brakes are good, and the tires are fair
 We left San Pedro late one night
 The moon and the stars was shining bright
 Everything went fine up the Grapevine Hill
 We was passing cars like they was standing still
 And all of a sudden like a flick of an eye
 A Cadillac sedan had passed us by
 The remark was made, there's the car for me
 But by then the taillight were all you could see
 Now the fellas ribbed me for being behind
 So I started to make that Lincoln unwind
 I took my foot off the gas and man alive
 I shoved it down into overdrive
 Well, I wound it up to a 110
 Twisted the speedometer cable off the end
 I had my foot feed clear to the floor
 Said that's all there is, and there ain't no more
 Went around a corner and I passed a truck
 I whispered a prayer just for luck
 Fenders was clicking the guardrail posts
 The guys beside me were white as a ghost
 I guess they'd thought I'd lost my sense
 The telephone poles looked like a picket fence
 They said, "Slow down", I see spots
 The lines on the road just look like dots
 Smoke was rolling out in the back
 When I started gaining on that Cadillac
 I knew I could catch him, and hoped I could pass
 But when I did, I'd be short on gas
 Went around a corner with the tires in the side
 You could feel the tension, man, what a ride
 I said, "Hold on, I've got a license to fly"
 And a Cadillac pulled over and let me go by
 And all of a sudden, a rod started knocking
 When down in the dips, and she started to rocking
 I look in my mirror, and a red light was blinking
 Cops was after my Hot Rod Lincoln
 Well, they arrested me and put me in jail
 And called my pop to throw my bail
 He said, "Son, you're gonna drive me to drinking
 If you don't quit driving that Hot Rod Lincoln"