Maybellene

(album: Foghat - 1972)

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 motivating over the hill
I saw Maybellene in a Coup de Ville
Cadillac rolling on the open road
Nothing outrun my V8 Ford
Cadillac doing 'bout 95
Bumper to bumper, rolling side by side

Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Whoa, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You done started back doing the things you used to do

Cadillac pulled up ahead of the Ford
Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more
Done got cloudy and it started to rain
I tooted my horn 'til I passed the lane
Rainwater blowing all under my hood
I knew that I was doing my motor good

Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Whoa, 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
And that's when I heard the highway sound
Cadillac sitting like a ton of lead
Hundred and ten, a half a mile ahead
Cadillac looking like it's sitting in steel
And I called Maybellene at the top of the hill

Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Whoa, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You done start back doing the things you used to do