Maybellene, why cant you be true Oh Maybellene, why cant you be true You done started doin the things you used to do
As I was motivatin over the hill I saw Mabellene in a Coup de Ville A Cadillac a-rollin on the open road Nothin will outrun my V8 Ford The Cadillac doin about ninety-five Shes bumper to bumper, rollin side by side
Maybellene, why cant you be true Oh Maybellene, why cant you be true You done started back doin the things you used to do
The Cadillac pulled up ahead of the Ford The Ford got hot and wouldnt do no more It then got cloudy and started to rain I tooted my horn for a passin lane The rainwater blowin all under my hood I know that I was doin my motor good
Maybellene, why cant you be true Oh Maybellene, why cant you be true You done started back doin the things you used to do
Oh Maybellene, why cant you be true Oh Maybellene, why cant you be true You done started back doin the things you used to do
The motor cooled down the heat went down And thats when I heard that highway sound The Cadillac sittin like a ton of lead A hundred and ten half a mile ahead The Cadillac lookin like its sittin still And I caught Mabellene at the top of the hill
Maybellene, why cant you be true Oh Maybellene, why cant you be true You done started back doin the things you used to do