Maybellene, why can't you be true

Oh Maybellene , why can't you be true

You done started doin' the things you used to do



As I was motorvaton over the hill

I saw Maybellene in a Coup de Ville

A Cadillac arollin' on the open road

Nothin' will outrun my V8 Ford

The Cadillac doin' about ninetyfive

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 done started back doin' the things you used to do



The Cadillac pulled up to a hundred and four

The Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more

It done got cloudy and started to rain

I tooted my horn for the passin' lane

The rainwater blowin' all under my hood

I know that I was doin' my motor good



Maybellene, why can't you be true

Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true

You done started back doin' the things you used to do



Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true

Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true

You done started back doin' 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 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 doin' the things you used to do