Intro: Oh, 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 1 As I was motivatin' over the hill, I saw Maybellene in a Coup de Ville Cadillac rollin' on the open road, nothin' outrun my V8 Ford Cadillac doin' 'bout 95, bumper to bumper, rollin' side by side Oh, 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 pulled up ahead of the Ford, Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more Done got cloudy and it started to rain, I tooted my horn 'til I passed the lane Rainwater blowin' all under my hood, I knew that I was doin' my motor good Oh, 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 Instrumental verse 3 N.C. The motor cooled down, the heat went down and that's when I heard the highway sound N.C. Cadillac sittin' like a ton of lead, hundred and ten, a half a mile ahead Cadillac lookin' like it's sittin' in steel and I called Maybellene at the top of the hill Oh, 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 Outro