My Pappy said "Son you're goin' to drive me to drinkin'   if you don't stop drivin' the Hot Rod Lincoln"      Have you heard the story of the hot rod race   Where the Fords and Lincolns were settin' the pace   That story is true and I'm here to say that I was drivin' that Model A      It's got a Lincoln motor and it's really suped up   That Model A body makes it look like a pup   It's got 8 cylinders and uses them all   It's got overdrive, just won't stall      With a four barrel carb and dual exhaust   And 4:11 gears you can really get lost   Got safety tubes, but I ain't scared   The brakes are good, the tires fair      Pulled out of San Pedro late one night   The Moon and the stars were shinnin' bright   We was driving up grapevine hill, passin' cars like they was standin' still      All of a sudden in a wink of an eye   A Cadillac sedan, he passed us by   I said "Boys thats the mark for me"   By then the tail light was all ya could see      Now the fellas ribbed me for bein' behind   So I thought I'd make the Lincoln unwind   Took my foot off the gas and man alive    I shoved it on down into overdrive      Wound it up to 110   My speedometer said I had hit top then   My foot was glued right there to the floor   Thats all there is and there ain't no more      Now the boys all thought I had lost my senes   Them telephone poles looked like a picket fence   They said slow down, I see spots   The lines on the road just look like dots      Took a corner, side swiped a truck   Crossed my fingers just for luck   My fenders was clicking the guard rail posts   The guy beside my was white as a ghost      Smoke was coming from out of the back   When I started to gain on that Cadillac   Knew I could catch him, thought I could pass   Don't ya know by then we'd be low on gas      They had flames coming from out the side   Could feel the tension, man what a ride   I said look out boys I got a licence to fly   And that Caddy pulled over and let us by      Now all of a sudden she started a knocken   And down in the depths she started a rockin'   I looked in the mirror, a red light was blinkin'   The cops was after my Hot Rod Lincoln      They arrested me and put me in jail   And called my Pappy to throw my bail   And he said "Son you're gonna drive my to drinkin', if ya don't stop driving   that Hot Rod Lincoln."