Hot Rod Lincoln-Jan Howard/Hank Locklin/Johnny Horton

[ti:Hot Rod Lincoln] [ar:Jan Howard] [al:Country Classics Volume 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Hot Rod Lincoln - Jan Howard/Hank Locklin/Johnny Horton [00:14.91]Have you heard this [00:15.61]Story of the Hot Rod Race [00:16.82]When the Fords [00:17.67]And the Lincolns were [00:18.34]Setting the pace [00:19.28]That story is true [00:20.33] [00:20.92]I'm here to say [00:22.12]Cause I was driving that Model A [00:25.16]It's got a Lincoln motor [00:26.28]And it's really souped up [00:27.69]That Model A body [00:28.70]Makes it look like a pup [00:29.78]It's got eight cylinders [00:30.41]And use them all [00:31.39]Got overdrive [00:31.76]Just won't stall [00:32.70]With four barrel carbs [00:34.34]And a dual exhaust [00:35.31]With four-eleven gears [00:36.30]You can really get lost [00:37.50]Got safety tubes [00:38.26]But I ain't scared [00:39.12]The brakes are good [00:39.95]Tires fair [00:40.50] [00:42.05]We pulled out of San Pedro [00:43.25]Late one night [00:43.94]The moon and the stars [00:44.84]Were shining bright [00:45.58]We was driving up [00:46.38]On Grapevine Hill [00:47.10]Passing cars like [00:47.84]They were standing still [00:48.80] [00:57.88]All of a sudden in [00:58.78]A wink of an eye [00:59.67]A Cadillac sedan [01:00.40]Passed us by [01:01.15]I said [01:01.93]Boys that's a mark for me [01:03.16]By then the tail light [01:04.25]Was all you could see [01:05.12] [01:06.55]Now the fellas all [01:07.33]Ribbed me for being behind [01:08.26]So I thought I'd make [01:09.14]The Lincoln unwind [01:09.67]Took my foot off [01:10.53]The gas and man alive [01:11.43]I shoved it on down [01:12.51]Into overdrive [01:13.71] [01:15.39]Well I wound it up [01:16.44]To a hundred-and-ten [01:17.02]My speedometer said [01:18.06]That I'd hit top end [01:19.18]My foot was glued [01:19.86]Like lead to the floor [01:20.87]That's all there is [01:21.56]There ain't no more [01:22.42] [01:23.41]Now the boys all thought [01:24.40]I'd lost my sense [01:25.40]And telephone poles looked [01:26.31]Like a picket fence [01:27.28]They said [01:27.68]Slow down [01:28.16]I see spots [01:29.12]The lines on the road [01:30.17] [01:31.40]Just look like dots [01:32.22]We took a corner [01:33.08]Sideswiped a truck [01:33.87]And I crossed my fingers just for luck [01:35.36]My fenders was clicking [01:36.23]The guardrail posts [01:36.81]And the guy beside [01:37.82]Me was white as a ghost [01:39.09] [01:40.02]Smoke was coming [01:40.72]From out of the back [01:41.77]When I started to gain [01:42.77]On that Cadillac [01:43.34]I knew I could catch him [01:44.41]And I thought I could pass [01:45.54]Don't you know by [01:46.20]Then we'd be low on gas [01:47.49] [01:54.85]We had flames [01:55.43]Coming from out of the side [01:56.64]Even feel the tension [01:57.47]Man what a ride [01:58.72]I said [01:59.28]Look out boys [01:59.81]I've got a license to fly [02:00.91]And that Caddy pulled [02:01.56]Over and let us by [02:02.54] [02:03.51]Now all of a sudden [02:04.46]She started to knocking [02:05.18]Down in the dips she [02:06.20]Started to rocking [02:06.93]I looked in the mirror [02:07.92]Red light was blinking [02:08.73]The cops were after [02:09.75]My Hot Rod Lincoln [02:10.77] [02:19.55]Well they arrested [02:20.12]Me and they put me in jail [02:21.38]They called my pappy [02:22.08]To throw my bail [02:23.01]And he said [02:23.73]Son you're gonna [02:24.26]Drive me to drinking [02:25.30]If you don't stop driving [02:26.50]That Hot Rod Lincoln