Well you heard the story of the hot rod race that fatal day

When a Ford and a 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

That Model A body makes it look like a pup

It's got twelve cylinders; uses them all

With an overdrive, that just won't stall



Its got a 4-barrel carb and a dual exhaust

4.11 gears you can really get lost

It's 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 was shinin' bright

Everything went fine up the Grapevine Hill

We was passing cars like they was standing still



All of a sudden like a flick of an eye

A Cadillac sedan had passed us by

The remark was made "Theres the car for me"

By then the taillight were all you could see



Now the fellas ribbed me for bein' behind

So I started to make that Lincoln unwind

I took my foot off the gas and man alive

I shoved it on down into overdrive



Wound it up to a hundred-and-ten

Twist the speedometer off at the end

I had my foot feed clear to the floor

Said that's all there is and there ain't no more



Went around a corner and I passed a truck

I whispered a prayer just for luck

Fenders was clickin' the guardrail posts

The guys beside me were white as a ghost



I guess that thought I'd lost my sense

The telephone poles looked like a picket fence

They said, "Slow down! I see spots!

The lines on the road just look like dots."



Smoke was rollin' out of the back

When I started to gain on that Cadillac

I knew I could catch him, I thought I could pass

When I did I'd be short on gas



Went arround a corner with the tires in 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 by



And then all of the sudden a rod started knockin'

When down in the dips she started to rockin'

I look 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 throw my bail

He said, "Son, you're gonna' drive me to drinkin'

you don't quit drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln!"