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 as i was motivatin over the hill i saw maybellenein a coup de ville a cadillac a rollin on the open road nothin will outrun my v8 ford the cadillac doin bout ninety five she s bumper to bumber rollin side by side 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 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 the cadillac pulled up ahead of the ford the ford got hot and wouldn t do no more it then got cloudy 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 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 a half a mile ahead the cadillac lookin like it s sittin still and i caught maybelline at the top of the hill 