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[Verse 1]
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Well, you heard the story of the Hot Rod race?
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The fatal day when the Ford and the Mercury went out to play
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Well this is the inside story, I'm here to say
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I'm the kid that was drivin' that Model A

[Verse 2]
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I got a Lincoln motor and it's really souped up
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That Model A body makes it look like a pup
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It's got 12 cylinders and it uses them all
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With an overdrive, it just won't stall

[Verse 3]
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I got a 4 by carb and a dual exhaust
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With 4.11 gears you can really get lost
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It's got safety tubes, and I'm not scared
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The brakes are good, and the tires are fair

[Verse 4]
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Well, we left San Pedro late one night
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The moon and stars was shinin' bright
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Everything went fine up the Grapevine Hill
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Was passing cars like they was standing still

[Verse 5]
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Well then all of a sudden like the flick of an eye
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A Cadillac sedan passed us by
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A remark was made, "There's a car for me!"
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By then the taillights was all you could see

[Verse 6]
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Well, the fellas ribbed me for bein' behind
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So I started to make that Lincoln unwind
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I took my foot off the gas and man alive
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I shoved it down into overdrive

[Verse 7]
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Well, I wound it up to 'bout a hundred-and-ten
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I twisted the speedometer cable off the den
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And I had my foot feet clear to the floor
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I said that's all there is, there ain't no more

[Verse 8]
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Well, I went around a corner and I past a truck
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And I whispered a prayer just for luck
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My fenders was clickin' the guardrail post
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The guy beside me looked as white as a ghost

[Verse 9]
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I guess they thought I'd lost m' sense
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Telephone post like a picket fence
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They said slow down I see sparks
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The lines on the road look just like dots

[Verse 10]
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Well, the smoke was rollin' out the back
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When I started to gain on that Cadillac
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I knew I could catch him, and I hoped to pass
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But when I did I'd be nearly out of gas

[Verse 11]
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Well I went around the corner with the tires on the side
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You could feel the tension Man, what a ride
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I said, "Hold on, I got a license to fly!"
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And the Cadillac pulled over and he let me by

[Verse 12]
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Then all of a sudden the rod started knockin'
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Went down the dip and started rockin'
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I looked in my mirror and a red light was blinkin'
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The cops was after my Hot Rod Lincoln!

[Verse 13]
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Well, they arrested me and they put me in jail
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And I called my pop n' to go my bail
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He said, "Son, you're gonna' drive me to drinkin'
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If you don't stop drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln!"