don't let the man get you

you're gonna drive me to drinkin' if you don't stop drivin' that hot rod Lincoln;

I guess I’m supposed to add another line from the song. Too many memories.

Saw Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen many winters ago. Nicolette Larson was still with him and I swear to God she kept looking at me. I never tried to do anything about it, so I’ll never know for sure, but you can’t take the memory.

Bill Kirchen. The Telecaster King. He played lead guitar with Commander Cody and Hot Rod Lincoln is legendary among Telecaster aficionados, and I’m one.

“The brakes are good, tires fair”

Looked in the mirror, the red lite was blinkin, the cops were after my hot rod lincoln.

Slow down, I see spots, the lines on the road look like dots.

We had flames comin' from out of the side.
Feel the tension. Man! What a ride!

A bit o history, Comander Cody made the song famous but it was written by Charlie Ryan, and along with the song he built the hot rod lincoln.

Sold it at BJ Auctions back in 2013

Link to Hot, Rod, Lincoln

The first thing I thought of when I saw the thread title was Born on the Bayou.

Yeah, I thought Creedence too.

I believe Creedence is correct.

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Originally posted by hberttmank:
The first thing I thought of when I saw the thread title was Born on the Bayou.

yup.

Wouldn't hold out much hope for the tape deck though.

Or the Creedence.

Originally recorded by Jonny Bond in 1960, don't know who wrote it.

I knew the original version was "It's got twelve cylinders and uses them all, got overdrive and just won't stall." Now I know the rest of the story. What a car!

OZ

My foot was blue, like lead to the floor.
That's all there is and there ain't no more.

The first lines of Born on the Bayou wrote by John Fogerty for CCR

"Now, when I just was a little boy,
Standin' to my Daddy's knee,
My poppa said "Son, don't let the man get you and do what he done to me."



The first lines of Hot Rod Lincoln wrote by Johnny Bond

My pappy said, "Son, you're gonna' drive me to drinkin'
If you don't stop drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln."

Wish I was back on the Bayou
Rollin' with some Cajun Queen.


Spoiler alert:

Hot Rod Lincoln was the first record I ever bought. A 45 rpm, don’t know what was the B-side. Circa 1972, I was 9 years old.

Just looked it up - “My Home in my Hand” was the B side

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Originally posted by jhe888:
My foot was blue, like lead to the floor.
That's all there is and there ain't no more.

I think its: "My foot was glued, like lead to the floor"