MAYBELLENE (Ch. Berry - R. Fratto - A. Freed) CHUCK BERRY (CHESS 1604, 1955)
Maybellene, why can't you be true? Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true? You just started doin' the things you used to do
As I was motivatin' over the hill I saw Maybellene in a Coupe De Ville The Cadillac a-rollin' on the open road Nothin' outrun my V8 Ford Cadillac doin' 'bout ninety-five We was bumper to bumber rollin' side by side
Maybellene, why can't you be true? Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true? You just started back doing the things you used to do
The Cadillac pulled up up to hundred-and-four My Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more It then got clouded, it started to rain I tooted my horn for the passin' lane The rain water flowin' 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 just started back doing the things you used to do
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true? Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true? You just started back doing the things you used to do
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've just started back doing the things you used to do