Maybellene - 1967 Version

Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?

Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?

You done started back doing the things you used to do

As I was motorvatin' over the hill

I saw Maybellene in a Coupé de Ville

A Cadillac rollin' on the open road

Nothin' will outrun my V8 Ford

The Cadillac doin' about 95

She's bumper to bumper rollin' side by side

Maybellene, why can't you be true?

Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?

You done started back doing the things you used to do

Kicked in the mirror at the top of the hill

Just like swallowing up a medicine pill

First take swang at the Cadillac thrill

Doin' a hundred and ten droppin' over that hill

Uphill curve, a downhill stretch

Me and that Cadillac neck at neck

Maybellene, why can't you be true?

Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?

You done started back doing the things you used to do

Maybellene, why can't you be true?

Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?

You done started back doing the things you used to do

A Cadillac pulled up to hundred and four

The Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more

It done got a cloud and started to rain

I tooted my horn for the passin' lane

The rain water blowin' all under my hood

But I knew that was doin' my motor good

Maybellene, why can't you be true?

Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?

You done started back doing the things you used to do

The motor cooled down, the heat went down

That's when I heard that highway sound

The Cadillac sittin' like a ton of lead

A hundred and ten a half a mile ahead

The Cadillac lookin' like it's sittin' still

And I caught Maybellene at the top of the hill

Maybellene, why can't you be true?

Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?

You done started back doing the things you used to do