Ronnie Hawkins - Maybellene

Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Yeah, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You done started back doing the things you used to do
As I was motivatin' over the hill
I saw Maybellene in a Coupe de Ville
A Cadillac a-rollin on the open road
Nothin' will outrun my V-8 Ford
The Cadillac doin' 'bout 95
Bumper to bumper, rollin' side by side

Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Hey, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You done started back doin' the things you used to do
The Cadillac doin' 'bout 104
The Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more
It done got cloudy and started to rain
I tooted my horn for the passin' lane
The rain water blowin' all under my hood
I knew that wasn't doin' my motor good

Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Yeah, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You done started back doin' the things you used to do
Let's motivate, honey, woo, damn
Oh, supercharge it, honey, mmm
Oh, blow, Charlie, blow

Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Hey, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You done started back doin' the things you used to do
The motor cooled down, the heat went down
And that's when I heard that highway sound
Cadillac doin' about 110
Turn around a half mile ahead
Cadillac movin' like it's set in steel
Caught Maybellene at the top of the hill

Maybellene, why can't you be true?
hey, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You done started back doin' the things you should not do

Woo-hoo, yeah, yeah-yeah
Oh, yeah
Oh, burn, baby, burn, burn, burn
Yeah, uh
Yeah
Whoa, jump naked, mama
Yeah, woo
Yeah, woo, woo, ow

Written by:
Chuck Berry

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Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, ENTERTAINMENT ONE U.S. LP

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