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MaybelD7lene, why can't you be Atrue?
Oh MaybelD7lene, why can't you be Atrue?
You done E7started doin' the D7things you used to Ado.
AAs I was motorvatn' over the hill,
I saw Maybellene in a Coupe de Ville,
A Cadillac rollin' on the open road,
But, nothin'll outrun my V8 Ford,
The Cadillac doin' about ninetyfive,
We's bumper to bumper, rollin' side to side.
Maybell-D7ene, why can't you be Atrue?
Oh MaybellD7ene, why can't you be Atrue?
You done E7started back doin' the D7things you used to Ado.
AThe Cadillac pulled up to a hundred and four,
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 rainwater blowin' all under my hood,
I knew that was doin' my motor good.
Maybell-D7ene, why can't you be Atrue?
Oh MaybellD7ene, why can't you be Atrue?
You done E7started back doin' the D7things you used to Ado.
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Maybell-D7ene, why can't you be Atrue?
Oh MaybellD7ene, why can't you be Atrue?
You done E7started back doin' the D7things you used to Ado.
AThe motor cooled down the heat went down,
And that's when I heard that highway sound,
The Cadillac settin' like a torrent of lead,
A hundred and ten a half a mile ahead,
The Cadillac lookin' like it's sittin' still,
And I caught Maybellene at the top of the hill.
Maybell-D7ene, why can't you be Atrue?
Oh MaybellD7ene, why can't you be Atrue?
You done E7started back doin' the D7things you used to Ado.