Maybellene - Live At Walled Lake Casino, Detroit, MI/1963

Maybellene, why can't you be true?

Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?

You just started doing the things you used to do

As I was motivatin' over the hill

I saw Maybellene in a Coup De Ville

A Cadillac a-rollin' on the open road

Nothin' will outrun my V8 Ford

The Cadillac doin' 'bout ninety-five

She's bumper to bumper, rollin' side to side

Maybellene, why can't you be true?

Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?

You've just started back doing the things you used to do

The Cadillac pulled up ahead of the Ford

The Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more

It then got cloudy and it started to rain

I tooted my horn for a passin' lead

The rain water blowin' all under my hood

I knew that was doin' my motor good

Maybellene, why can't you be true?

Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?

You've just started back doing the things you used to do, yeah, yeah

Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?

Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?

You've just started back doing the things you used to do

The Cadillac pulled up ahead of the Ford

The Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more

It then got cloudy and it started to rain

I tooted my horn for a passin' lead

The rain water blowin' all under my hood

But I knew that was doin' my motor good

Oh why can't you be true?

Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?

You've just started back doing the things you used to do

The motor cooled down, the heat went down

And that's when I heard that highway sound

The Cadillac a-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've started back doing the things you used to do

I peeped in the mirror at the top of the hill

We're just like swallowin' up a medicine pill

First thing I saw was that candle light grilled on a hot tin, droppin' over the hill

Uphill curve, downhill straight, me and the candle light neck and deck

Maybellene, why can't you be true?

Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?

You've started back doing the things you used to do