Elvis Presley

Maybeline

(written by Chuck Berry)

REFRAIN:
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You've started back doing the things you used to do.

1 As I was motivatin' over the hill
I saw Maybellene in a coup de ville.
A Cadillac a-rollin' on the open road,
nothin' will out run my V8 Ford.
The cadillac doin' 'bout ninety-five,
she's bumper to bumber rollin' side by side. (REF)

3 Pink in the mirror on top of the hill,
it's just like swallowin' up a medicine pill.
First thing I saw that Cadillac grille
doin' a hundred and ten gallopin' over that hill.
Offhill curve, a downhill stretch,
me and that Cadillac neck by neck. (REF)

4 The Cadillac pulled up ahead of the Ford,
the Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more.
It then got clody and it started to rain,
I tooted my horn for a passin' lead
the rain water blowin' all under my hood,
I knew that was doin' my motor good. (REF)

5 The motor cooled down, the heat went down
and that's when I heard that highway sound.
the Cadillac a-sittin' like a ton of lead
a hundred and ten half a mile ahead.
The Cadillac lookin' like it's sittin' still
and I caught Maybellene at the top of the hill. (REF)