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 Maybellene in 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. 

The cadillac moved to a hundred and four
got hot and wouldn`t do no more
It got cloudy and started to rain
Tooted my horn in the passing lane
The rain water blowin all under my hood
I knew that was doin` my motor no good

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. 

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. 

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 Mabellene at the top of the hill. 

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. 
You`ve started back 
doing the things you used to do.