[Chorus]
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

[Verse 1]
As I was motorvatin' over the hill
Saw Maybellene in a Coupé De Ville
Cadillac rolling on an open road
Nothing outrun my V8 Ford
Cadillac doin' about ninety-five
Bumper to bumper and side by side

[Chorus]
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You done started back doing the things you used to do

[Verse 2]
Cadillac doin' about a hundred-and-four
Motor got hot, wouldn't do no more
Sun went down and it started to rain
Tooted my horn in the passing lane
Rain poured down all over my hood
I knew that was doin' my motor good
[Chorus]
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You done started back doing the things you used to do
Oh, come on now, motorvate

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You done started back doing the things you used to do

[Verse 3]
My motor cooled down and the heat went down
That's when I heard that highway sound
Cadillac sittin' like a ton of lead
A hundred-and-ten, a half a mile ahead
The Cadillac lookin' like it's sittin' still
I caught Maybellene at the top of the hill

[Chorus]
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You done started back doing the things you used to do