Hot Rod Race

Lyrics

Now, me, and my wife, and my brother Joe Took off in my Ford for San Pedro We hadn't much gas, and the tires were low But the doggone Ford could really go Now, along about the middle of the night We were rippin' along like nice folks might When a Mercury behind me blinked his lights He honked his horn and he flew outta sight We had twin pipes, a Columbia butt You people may think that I'm in a rut But to you folks who don't dig this jive That's two carburetors and an overdrive We made grease spots outta many good towns Lеft the cops heads spinnin' 'round and 'round They wouldn't chasе, they'd run and hide But me and that Mercury stayed side-by-side Now, we were Ford men and we likely knew That we'd race until somethin' blew My foot-feet was down like it was stuck with glue Through many a town we flew and flew I looked down at my lovely bride Her face was blue, I thought she'd died We left streaks through towns about forty feet wide But me and that Mercury stayed side-by-side My brother was pale, he said he was sick He said he was just a nervous wreck But why should I worry? For, what the heck Me and that Mercury was still neck-and-neck Now, on through the desert we did glide A-flyin' low and a-flyin' wide Me and that Mercury was a-takin' a ride And we stayed exactly side-by-side I looked in the mirror, I saw somethin' comin' I thought it was a plane by the way it was runnin' It was hummin' along at a terrible pace I knew right then it was the end of the race When it flew by us, I turned the other way And the guy in the Mercury had nothin' to say For it was only a kid in a hopped-up Model-A