Have you heard the story of the hot rod race that fatel day
When the Ford and Mercury went out to play
Well this is the inside story and I'm here to say
I was the kid that was drivin' that model A
It's got a Lincoln motor and it's really souped up
And that a 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
Got a four barrel carb and dual exhausts
With four eleven gears 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 shining bright
Everything went fine at the Grapevine Hill
We was Passin' cars like they was stand'n still
And all of a sudden in the 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 tail lights was all you could see
Well the fellas ribbed me for being behind
So thought I'd make the Lincoln unwind
Took my foot of the gas and man alive
I shoved it on down into over drive
Well I wound it up to a hundred and ten
Twisted the speedometer cable off the end
Had my foot beat clear to the floor
That's all there is and there ain't no more
Went around a corner and passed a truck
I wispered a prayer just for luck
The fenders was clickin' the guard rail posts
The guy's beside me was white as ghosts
I guess they 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
Smoke was coming from outta of the back
When I started to gain on that Cadillac
I Knew I could catch him and hoped that I could pass
But when I did I'd be short on gas
Went around a corner with a car on the side
you could feel the tension man what a ride
I said hold on I've got a license to fly
And the Cadillac pulled over and let me go by
And all of the sudden a the rods started to knockin'
Went down in a ditch she started to rockin'
I looked in my mirror and a red light was blinkin'
Cops was after my Hot Rod Lincoln
Well they arrested me and put me in jail
And called my pop to go my bail
He said Son you're gonna to drive me to drinkin'
If you don't stop drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln