My pappy said, "Son, you're gonna drive me to drinkin'
If you don't stop driving that Hot Rod Lincoln"

Have you heard the story of the hot rod race
Where the Fords and the Lincolns were setting the pace?
Well, that story's true 'cause I'm here to say
I was driving that Model A

It's got a Lincoln motor and it's really souped-up
And that Model A body makes it look like a pup
It's got eight cylinders, uses 'em all
Got overdrive, just won't stall

Got a four-barrel carb and dual exhaust
With four-eleven gears you can really get lost
Got safety tubes, but I ain't scared
Breaks are good, tires fair

Pulling out of San Pedro late one night
With the moon and the stars just a-shining bright
We was headed up Grapevine Hill
Passing cars like they was standing still

All of a sudden, in the wink of an eye
A Cadillac sedan passed us by
I said, "Boys, this is marked for me"
But by then the tail lights was all you could see
Now the fellas ribbed me for being behind
So I thought I'd let that Lincoln unwind
Took my foot off the gas, and man alive
I shoved it on down into overdrive

Wound it up to a hundred and ten
My speedometer said I hit top end
My foot was glued like lead to the floor
And that's all there is, and there ain't no more

Now the boys all thought that I'd lost my sense
Them telephone poles were like a picket fence
They said, "Slow down, I see spots!"
The lines on the road just looked like dots

I took a corner, I sideswiped a truck
Crossed my fingers just for luck
My fenders was clicking the guardrail post
The guy beside me was white as a ghost

I had smoke coming from out of the back
When I started gainin' on that Cadillac
I knew I could catch him, I thought I could pass
Don't you know, by then I'd be low on gas

Flames coming from out of the side
Feel the tension, man, what a ride
I said, "Look out, boys, I got a license to fly"
And that Caddy pulled over and let us by
All of the sudden she started knocking
Down in the dips she started rocking
I look in the mirror, red lights were blinking
The cops was after my Hot Rod Lincoln
Damn

They arrested me, and they put me in jail
Called my pappy to throw my bail
And he said, "Son, you're going to drive me to drinkin'
If you don't stop driving that Hot Rod Lincoln"