Hot Rod Lincoln - Asleep At The Wheel

Have you heard the story of the hot rod race

Where the fords and Lincolns were settin' the pace

That story is true I'm here to say

I was drivin' that model A

It's got a Lincoln motor and it's really souped up

That a model a body makes it look like a pup

It's got twelve cylinders and uses 'em all

Got overdrive just won't stall

With a four barrel carb and dual exhaust

With four eleven gears you can really get lost

Got safety tubes but I ain't scared

The brakes are good the tires fair

Pulled out of San Pedro late one night

And the moon and the stars were shining bright

We was drivin' up grapevine hill

Passin' cars like they was standing 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 tail lights was all you could see

Now the fellas ribbed me for being behind

So thought I'd make the Lincoln unwind

Took my foot off the gas and man alive

I shoved it on down into over drive

Wound it up to a hundred and ten

My speedometer said that I hit top end

My foot was glued like lead to the floor

That's all there is and there ain't no more

Now the boys all thought that I'd lost my sense

And telephone poles looked like a picket fence

They said slow down I see spots

The lines on the road just looked like dots

Took a corner side swiped a truck

Crossed my fingers just for luck

My fenders was clickin' the guard rail posts

The guy beside me was white as a ghost

Smoke was coming from outta of the back

When I started to gain on that Cadillac

Knew I could catch him I thought I could pass

Don't ya know by then we'd be low on gas

Had flames comin' from outta the side

Feel the tension man what a ride

I said look out boys I've got a license to fly

And that caddy pulled over and let us by

All of the sudden she started to knockin'

And down in a dip she started to rockin'

I looked in the mirror a red light was blinkin'

The cops was after my hot rod Lincoln

They arrested me and they put me in jail

And called my pappy to throw my bail

He said son you're gonna to drive me to drinkin'

If you don't stop drivin' that hot rod Lincoln