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Charlie Ryan and the timberline riders - Hot rod Lincoln
Various artists
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Well you've 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
It's got a Lincoln motor and it's really souped up
But that Model A body makes it look like a pup
It's got twelve cylinders and uses 'em all
With an overdrive that just won't stall
It's got a four-barrel carb and dual exhaust
Four-eleven gears so you can really get lost
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 were shinin' bright
Everything went fine up the Grapevine Hill
We was passin' cars like they was standin' still
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Then all of a sudden like a flick of an eye
A Cadillac sedan had passed us by
A remark was made "There's the car for me"
But by then the taillights were 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 it down into overdrive
Well I wound it up to a hundred and ten
Twisted the speedometer cable off the end
I had my foot feet clear to the floor
Said "That's all there is and there ain't no more"
I went around a corner and I passed a truck
I whispered a prayer just for luck
Fenders were clickin' the guard rail post
The guys beside me were white as ghosts
I guess they 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 rollin' out in the back
When I started to gain on that Cadillac
I knew I could catch him and I hoped I could pass
But when I did I'd be short on gas
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Went around a corner with the tires on the side
You could feel the tension, man what a ride
I said "Hold on, I got a license to fly"
And the Cadillac pulled over and let me go by
Then all of a sudden the rod started knockin'
Went down in a dip and she started to rockin'
I look in my mirror and the red light was blinkin'
Cops was after my hot rod Lincoln
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Well they arrested me and put me in jail
I called my pop to go my bail
He said "Son, you're gonna drive me to drinkin'
You don't quit drivin' that hot rod Lincoln"
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