Red Foley — Hot Rod Race

[Verse 1] Now me and my wife and brother Joe Took off in a port from San Pedro Didn't have much gas and the tires were low But the doggone Ford could really go Along about the middle of the night We's rippin' along like old folks might When a Mercury behind, he blinked his lights He honked his horn and he flew out of sight [Verse 2] We had twin pots and a Columbia but You people may think that I'm in a rut But to you folks who don't dig the jive That's two carburetors and an overdrive We've made three sparks out of many a-town And left the cops spinnin' 'round and 'round They wouldn't chase, they'd run and hide But me and that Mercury stayed side by side [Verse 3] I looked at my bride, her face was blue I was stuck to the throttle just like it was glue We left streaks through town about 40 feet wide But me and that Mercury stayed side by side My brother was pale, he said he was sick He said he was just a nervous wreck But why should I worry, for why the heck Me and that Mercury was neck and neck [Verse 4] Now on through the desert we did glide A-flyin' low and a-flyin' wide But me and that mercury was takin' a ride We stayed exactly side by side I looked in my mirror and I saw somethin' comin' I thought it was a plane, the way it was a-hummin' A-runnin' along at a terrible pace I knew right then it was the end of the race When it flew by us, I turned the other way The guy in the Mercury had a-nothin' to say And I could see it was a streak of gray It was a kid in a hopped-up Model A