Hot Rod Lincoln
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Could some one post the lyrics to Hot Rod Lincoln.
It starts:
My Daddy said son you're gona drive me to drinken', if you don't stop
drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln
I don't know the rest.
Thanks
William Ludwig
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HOT ROD LINCOLN
BY COMMANDER CODY AND THE LOST PLANET AIRMEN
My pappy said, "Son, you're gonna' drive me to drinkin'
If you don't stop drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln."
Have you heard this story of the Hot Rod Race
When Fords and Lincolns was settin' the pace.
That story is true, I'm here to say
I was drivin' that Model A.
It's got a Lincoln motor and it's really souped up.
That Model A Vitimix makes it look like a pup.
It's got eight cylinders; uses them all.
It's got overdrive, just won't stall.
With a 4-barrel carb and a dual exhaust,
With 4.11 gears you can really get lost.
It's got safety tubes, but I ain't scared.
The brakes are good, tires fair.
Pulled out of San Pedro late one night
The moon and the stars was shinin' bright.
We was drivin' up Grapevine Hill
Passing cars like they was standing still.
All of a sudden in a wink of an eye
A Cadillac sedan passed us by.
I said, "Boys, that's a mark for me!"
By then the taillight was all you could see.
Now the fellas was ribbin' 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 a hundred-and-ten
My speedometer said that I hit top end.
My foot was blue, like lead to the floor.
That's all there is and there ain't no more.
Now the boys all thought I'd lost my sense
And 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; sideswiped a truck,
Crossed my fingers just for luck.
My fenders was clickin' the guardrail posts.
The guy beside me was white as a ghost.
Smoke was comin' from out of the back
When I started to gain on that Cadillac.
Knew I could catch him, I thought I could pass.
Don't you know by then we'd be low on gas?
We had flames comin' from out of the side.
Feel the tension. Man! What a ride!
I said, "Look out, boys, I've got a license to fly!"
And that Caddy pulled over and let us by.
Now all of a sudden she started to knockin',
And down in the dips she started to rockin'.
I looked in my mirror; a red light was blinkin'
The cops was after my Hot Rod Lincoln!
They arrested me and they put me in jail.
And called my pappy to throw my bail.
And he said, "Son, you're gonna' drive me to drinkin'
If you don't stop drivin' that Hot... Rod... Lincoln!"
--
Bill Ludwig
TAllred75
Hello Lyrics Lovers,
On 9 Feb 1997 J. Martin wrote...
>Could some one post the lyrics to Hot Rod Lincoln.
No problemo.
Regards,
Tommy
HOT ROD LINCOLN - Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen
(C. Ryan, W.S. Stevenson) 4-Star Music Co. BMI
(from the LP "Lost in the Ozone")
My pappy said, "Son you're gonna drive me to drinkin'
If you don't stop drivin' that hot rod Lincoln"
1 Have you heard the story of the hot rod race
Where the Fords and Lincolns was settin' the pace
That story is true I'm here to say
I was drivin' that Model A
2 's got a Lincoln motor and it's really souped up
That Model A body makes it look like a pup
's got eight cylinders and uses 'em all
Got overdrive, just won't stall
3 With a four-barrel carb and the dual exhaust
With four-eleven gears you can really get lost
Got safety tubes, but I ain't scared
The brakes are good, the tires fair
4 Pulled outta San Pedro late one night
The moon and stars was shinin' bright
We was drivin' up Grapevine Hill
Passin' cars like they was standin' still
5 All of a sudden in the wink of an eye
A Cadillac sedan passed us by
And said, "Boys, it's the mark for me"
By then the tail light was all you could see
6 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
7 Wound it up to a hundred and ten
My speedometer said that I hit top end
My foot was glued like lead to the floor
That's all there is and there ain't no more
8 Now the boys all thought I lost my sense
Them telephone poles looked like a picket fence
They said, "Slow down, I see spots
"The lines on the road just look like dots"
9 Took a corner, side-swiped a truck
Crossed my fingers just for luck
My fenders was clickin' the guard rail posts
The guy beside me was white as a ghost
10 Smoke was comin' from outta the back
When I started to gain on that Cadillac
Knew I could catch 'im, thought I could pass
Don'tcha know by then we'd be low on gas
11 We had flames comin' from outta the side
Feel the tension, man, what a ride
I said, "Look out boys I gotta license to fly"
And that Caddy pulled over and let us by
12 Now, all of a sudden she started knockin'
Down in a dip she started to rockin'
I looked in the mirror, red light was blinkin'
The cops was after my hot rod Lincoln
13 They arrested me and they put me in jail
And called my pappy to throw my bail
And he said, "Son you're gonna drive me to drinkin'
If you don't stop drivin' that HOT ROD LINCOLN"
Ted D Horwitz
>Hello Lyrics Lovers,
> On 9 Feb 1997 J. Martin wrote...
>>Could some one post the lyrics to Hot Rod Lincoln.
> No problemo.
>Regards,
>Tommy
>HOT ROD LINCOLN - Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen
>(C. Ryan, W.S. Stevenson) 4-Star Music Co. BMI
>(from the LP "Lost in the Ozone")
> My pappy said, "Son you're gonna drive me to drinkin'
> If you don't stop drivin' that hot rod Lincoln"
Before it was covered in the 80s (I think) by Commander Cody, this song was
recorded originally in about 1961, but I can't remember the artists' name.
Anybody know?
Ted
Larry Blumenfeld
Ted D Horwitz wrote:
> >Hello Lyrics Lovers,
> >>Could some one post the lyrics to Hot Rod Lincoln.
>
> >HOT ROD LINCOLN - Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen
> >(C. Ryan, W.S. Stevenson) 4-Star Music Co. BMI
> >(from the LP "Lost in the Ozone")
>
> > My pappy said, "Son you're gonna drive me to drinkin'
> > If you don't stop drivin' that hot rod Lincoln"
>
> Before it was covered in the 80s (I think) by Commander Cody, this song
> was recorded originally in about 1961, but I can't remember the
> artists' name.
> Anybody know?
FINALLY....this song has come up several times, and everybody
always thinks Commander Cody did it first. I dug up a book called "Oldies
But Goodies - The Rock 'n' Roll Years" which yielded the info that it
actually charted twice in 1960: In May by Charlie Ryan (the guy who wrote
it, evidently), and then in August by Johnnie Bond, which is the version
I remember.
Happy trails,
Larry B.
Gordon Snapp
In article <01bc16d7$e8cc15c0$0407...@powerpc.tor.hookup.net>, "HookUp
Communications" <jma...@hookup.net> wrote:
> Could some one post the lyrics to Hot Rod Lincoln.
>
> It starts:
>
> My Daddy said son you're gona drive me to drinken', if you don't stop
> drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln
>
> I don't know the rest.
>
> Thanks
Hot Rod Lincoln
By Commander Cody
Intro: My pappy said, "Son, you're gonna' drive me to drinkin'
If you don't stop drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln."
1. Have you heard this story of the Hot Rod Race,
when Fords and Lincolns was settin' the pace?
That story is true, I'm here to say,
cause I was drivin' that Model A.
2. It's got a Lincoln motor and it's really souped up.
That Model A body makes it look like a pup.
It's got eight cylinders and it uses Śem all.
It's got overdrive and it just won't stall.
3. With a four-barrel carb and a dual exhaust,
and four eleven gears you can really get lost.
It's got safety tubes, but I ain't scared;
the brakes are good and the tires are fair.
4. Pulled out of San Pedro late one night.
The moon and the stars were shinin' bright.
We was drivin' up that Grapevine Hill,
passing cars like they was standing still.
5. Now all of a sudden in a wink of an eye,
a Cadillac sedan passed us by.
I said, "Boys, that's a mark for me!"
but by then the taillight was all you could see.
6. Now the fellas ribbed me for bein' 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.
7. I wound it up to a hundred-and-ten.
My speedometer said that Iąd hit top end.
My foot was glued like lead to the floor.
That's all there is and there ain't no more.
8. Now the boys all thought that I'd lost my sense.
Them telephone poles looked like a picket fence.
They said, "Slow down! I see spots!
The lines on the road just look like dots."
9. I took a corner and sideswiped a truck,
I crossed my fingers just for luck.
The fenders was clickin' the guardrail posts.
The guy beside me was white as a ghost.
10. Smoke was comin' from out of the back
when I started to gain on that Cadillac.
I knew I could catch him; I thought I could pass.
Don't you know by then we'd be low on gas?
11. Flames was comin' from out of the side.
Feel the tension. Man, what a ride!
I said, "Look out, boys, got a license to fly!"
And that Caddy pulled over and let us by.
12. Now all of a sudden she started to knockin'.
Down in the dips she started to rockin'.
I looked in my mirror; a red light was blinkin'
The cops was after my Hot Rod Lincoln!
13. Well they arrested me and they put me in jail,
and I called my pappy to throw my bail.
And he said, "Son, you're gonna' drive me to drinkin'
If you don't stop drivin' that Hot... Rod... Lincoln!"
Wayne Garvin
(posted to alt.music.lyrics and e-mailed to Ted D Horwitz)
On Wed, 12 Feb 1997 20:09:36 GMT
hor...@x1.us.ohio-state.edu (Ted D Horwitz) wrote:
>>HOT ROD LINCOLN - Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen
>>(C. Ryan, W.S. Stevenson) 4-Star Music Co. BMI
>>(from the LP "Lost in the Ozone")
>
>
>> My pappy said, "Son you're gonna drive me to drinkin'
>> If you don't stop drivin' that hot rod Lincoln"
>
>Before it was covered in the 80s (I think) by Commander Cody, this song was
>recorded originally in about 1961, but I can't remember the artists' name.
>Anybody know?
>
>Ted
According to "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits" by Joel Whitburn, the
original version was by Tiny Hill and charted in 1951. It was recorded by
Charlie Ryan and the Timberline Riders in 1955. In 1960 it was covered by
Johnny Bond (reaching #26) and re-released by Charlie Ryan and the
Timberline Riders (reaching #33). The Commander Cody version from 1972
reached #9.
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Wayne Garvin (wga...@kw.igs.net) wrote:
: (posted to alt.music.lyrics and e-mailed to Ted D Horwitz)
:
: On Wed, 12 Feb 1997 20:09:36 GMT
: hor...@x1.us.ohio-state.edu (Ted D Horwitz) wrote:
: >>HOT ROD LINCOLN - Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen
: >>(C. Ryan, W.S. Stevenson) 4-Star Music Co. BMI
: >>(from the LP "Lost in the Ozone")
: >
: >
: >> My pappy said, "Son you're gonna drive me to drinkin'
: >> If you don't stop drivin' that hot rod Lincoln"
: >
: >Before it was covered in the 80s (I think) by Commander Cody, this song was
: >recorded originally in about 1961, but I can't remember the artists' name.
: >Anybody know?
: >
: >Ted
:
: According to "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits" by Joel Whitburn, the
: original version was by Tiny Hill and charted in 1951. It was recorded by
: Charlie Ryan and the Timberline Riders in 1955. In 1960 it was covered by
: Johnny Bond (reaching #26) and re-released by Charlie Ryan and the
: Timberline Riders (reaching #33). The Commander Cody version from 1972
: reached #9.
not quite:
there are 2 different songs: hot rod race and hot rod lincoln. "race" was
done by a number of artists in the early 50s, including tiny hill, arkie
shibley, ramblin' jimmie dolan, red foley, and others.
"hot rod race" makes no mention of a lincoln; it is about "the ford and the
mercury".
in 1960, both charlie ryan and johnny bond released "lincoln" which ryan
wrote and did first. it and "race" are similar tales, but different songs.
arkie shibley wrote "race". both ryan and bond's version of "lincoln" got a
lot of airplay and were hits in 1960; the song cody did is "lincoln".
ryan in fact recorded both songs, but never had a hit with "hot rod race";
it just appeared on an lp he did with a lot of similar hot rod tunes.
Joseph Mildenberger
In article <3302B6...@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>, Larry Blumenfeld <jblu...@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us> writes:
|> Ted D Horwitz wrote:
|>
|> > >Hello Lyrics Lovers,
|> >
|> > >(C. Ryan, W.S. Stevenson) 4-Star Music Co. BMI
|> > >(from the LP "Lost in the Ozone")
|> >
|> > > My pappy said, "Son you're gonna drive me to drinkin'
|> > > If you don't stop drivin' that hot rod Lincoln"
|> >
|> > Before it was covered in the 80s (I think) by Commander Cody, this song
|> > was recorded originally in about 1961, but I can't remember the
|> > artists' name.
|> > Anybody know?
|>
|> always thinks Commander Cody did it first. I dug up a book called "Oldies
|> But Goodies - The Rock 'n' Roll Years" which yielded the info that it
|> actually charted twice in 1960: In May by Charlie Ryan (the guy who wrote
|> it, evidently), and then in August by Johnnie Bond, which is the version
|> I remember.
|>
In any case there's another good cover by Asleep at the Wheel from
about 1989 or so.
Joe
Charley Connor
On 14 Feb 1997 22:43:21 GMT, jos...@sitka.triumf.ca (Joseph
Mildenberger) wrote:
TEX WILLIAMS WAS THE FIRST TO HAVE A HIT ON THIS IN THE40'S
Drop me a line at: con...@lnknet.com