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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!"

treatment_bound Nov 08, 2006 - 11:26	kazuma wrote: Last Played: Dec 30, 2004 Good loard ... we are wayyyyyy overdue to hear this one again! It was played last night on WCKG here in Chicago by Steve Dahl---a little mini shout-out to Gov. Rod Blagojevich's re-election. Too bad you missed it down in Austin. You're just going to have to beg RP a little harder. [ Reply ]
kazuma Nov 01, 2006 - 18:19	Last Played: Dec 30, 2004 Good loard ... we are wayyyyyy overdue to hear this one again! [ Reply ]
hippiebikercowboymusician Aug 15, 2005 - 20:44	Bill Kirchen does do a killer version, where he does a lick in every style of every great player and I hear it on KPIG, but can't find a recording of it, the station wont' give it up either? any one else know what, where, how? thanks danny send me at danny88@toast.net [ Reply ]
Xeric Dec 30, 2004 - 18:46	Antigone wrote: Ahhhh, my dearly departed brother used to play CC a lot and I love them. Anybody else remember his song with the line "ain't no such thing as having too much fun"? You thinking of a song that I think was called "Too Much Fun"? Something like Must be a whole lot of things I ain't never done Cuz I ain't never had too much fun. . . . [ Reply ]
g00ber Dec 17, 2004 - 09:34	I believe Commander Cody's isn't the original (at least according to this): (click here) [ Reply ]
Roverfish Dec 15, 2004 - 22:32	Zweiblumen wrote: This is a promising set....I wonder if any Charlie Daniels is on the way.... I would welcome that! Classic tune and most excellent. [ Reply ]
Friend Nov 16, 2004 - 09:46	Whoa, I didn't realize this was the original. I have heard Bill Kirchen and Too Much Fun play this tune here in Virginia. It turns out that that the guitarist Bill Kirchen was in the original Commander Cody band when they recorded this tune. I think RP would definitely enjoy hearing some Bill Kirchen. Anyone else heard of him? [ Reply ]
BigPete Nov 16, 2004 - 09:36	I did wear out this single back in the day. Too much fun - try singing along with it! Proof that RP is the world's best radio station. [ Reply ]
Zweiblumen Nov 16, 2004 - 09:33	This is a promising set....I wonder if any Charlie Daniels is on the way.... [ Reply ]
asparklinggirl Nov 16, 2004 - 09:33	no one could ever touch this version... [ Reply ]
timandjuliet Nov 16, 2004 - 09:32	Car Talk will return in a moment with a new puzzler... [ Reply ]
BillG Nov 16, 2004 - 07:50	guitarwhisperer wrote: Anyone know who did the original on this one? This is a cover, I'm pretty sure. Nope. This is the original - from 1972. [ Reply ]
guitarwhisperer Nov 01, 2004 - 14:49	Anyone know who did the original on this one? This is a cover, I'm pretty sure. [ Reply ]
guitarwhisperer Nov 01, 2004 - 14:48	Vrrroooooooommmmm! Can't beat the Commander! A 10! [ Reply ]
ArbiterOfGoodTaste Nov 01, 2004 - 14:47	Gonna drive me to drinkin'! [ Reply ]
sergeant_x Mar 21, 2004 - 10:26	The very first record I ever purchased. A 45 single of this song. Damn. I think I was in third grade. [ Reply ]
digger Feb 26, 2004 - 16:54	Slightly off topic, but: It IS possible to have too much fun; however, too much fun is still NOT enough. Antigone wrote: Ahhhh, my dearly departed brother used to play CC a lot and I love them. Anybody else remember his song with the line "ain't no such thing as having too much fun"? [ Reply ]
GregX59 Feb 26, 2004 - 14:15	snowbug wrote: This song rocks! All I need now is some Junior Brown and my afternoon will be complete! I agree! I'll upload some. [ Reply ]
stripes Dec 15, 2003 - 09:23	[ Reply ]
Antigone Nov 14, 2003 - 11:24	Ahhhh, my dearly departed brother used to play CC a lot and I love them. Anybody else remember his song with the line "ain't no such thing as having too much fun"? [ Reply ]