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[Intro]
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My pappy said, 'Son, you're gonna drive me to drinkin'
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If you don't stop drivin' that - Hot ... Rod ... Lincoln!'
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[Verse]
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Have you heard the story of the hot rod race,
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When the Ford and the Lincolns were settin' the pace?
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That story's true I'm here to say,
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Cause I was drivin' that Model A.
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[Verse]
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It's got a Lincoln motor and it's really souped up;
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And that Model A body makes it look like a pup.
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It's got 8 cylinders and uses 'em all;
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Got overdrive that just won't stall.
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[Verse]
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With 4-barrel carbs and a dual exhaust,
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And 4: 11 gears, you can really get lost -
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Got safety too but I ain't scared,
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The brakes are good and the tires fair.
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[Verse]
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We pulled out of San Pedro late one night;
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The moon and the stars were shinin' bright.
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We was drivin' up ol' Grapevine Hill,
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Passin' cars like they were standin' still.
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[Verse]
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All of a sudden, in the wink of an eye,
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A Cadillac sedan passed us by.
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I said boys, "That's a mark for me."
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By then, the taillights was all you could see.
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[Verse]
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Now, the fellas ribbed me for bein' behind,
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So I thought I'd make that Lincoln unwind.
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Took my foot off the gas and, man alive,
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I shoved it on down into overdrive.
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[Verse]
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Well, I wound it up to 110;
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My speedometer said that I'd hit top end.
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My foot was glued like lead to the floor;
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That's all there is - there ain't no more.
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[Verse]
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Now the boys all thought that I'd lost my sense;
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And them telephone poles looked like a picket fence.
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They said, "Slow down, I see spots."
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The lines on the road just looked like dots.
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[Verse]
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We took a corner, side swiped a truck;
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And I crossed my fingers just for luck
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My was fenders clickin' the guard rail post;
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The guy beside me was white as a ghost.
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[Verse]
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Smoke was comin from outta the back
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When I started to gain on that Cadillac
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I knew I could catch him and I thought I could pass
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Don't ya know by then, we'd be low on gas.
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[Verse]
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I had flames comin' from out of the side;
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You could feel the tension; man, what a ride.
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I said, "Look out, boys, I've got a license to fly"
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And that Caddy pulled over and let us by.
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[Verse]
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All of a sudden she started a-knockin';
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Down in the depths she started a-rockin'.
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I looked in the mirror and a red light was blinkin';
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The cops was after my Hot Rod Lincoln.
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[Outro]
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Well they arrested me and put me in jail.
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They called my pappy to throw my bail.
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And he said, 'Son, you're gonna drive me to drinkin',
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If you don't stop drivin' that…
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