I'M A MAN
Bo Diddley Little Walter Muddy Waters Lyrics

Maybellene, why can't you be true?
I don't understand why you're being deceitful, Maybellene.

Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?
I really wish you would be honest with me, Maybellene.

You've started back doing the things you used to do.
You're repeating your past mistakes, Maybellene.

As I was motivatin' over the hill
As I was driving over the hill

I saw Maybellene in a coup de ville.
I saw Maybellene driving a coup de ville (a type of car).

A Cadillac a-rollin' on the open road,
A Cadillac driving on the highway.

Nothin' will outrun my V8 Ford.
My V8 Ford is faster than anything else on the road.

The Cadillac doin' 'bout ninety-five,
The Cadillac is going around 95 miles per hour.

She's bumper to bumper rollin' side by side.
The two cars are driving next to each other, almost touching bumpers.

Pink in the mirror on top of the hill,
The sun is setting and the reflection is pink on the hilltop.

It's just like swallowin' up a medicine pill.
The feeling of excitement is like taking a drug.

First thing I saw that Cadillac grille
The first thing I noticed was the grill on the Cadillac.

Doin' a hundred and ten gallopin' over that hill.
The Cadillac is driving at 110 miles per hour up the hill.

Offhill curve, a downhill stretch,
The road is curving down the hill and then becomes a downhill slope.

Me and that Cadillac neck by neck.
My car and the Cadillac are side by side, racing each other.

The Cadillac pulled up ahead of the Ford,
The Cadillac moved in front of my car.

The Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more.
My car overheated and couldn't keep up.

It then got clody and it started to rain,
It became cloudy and started to rain.

I tooted my horn for a passin' lead
I honked my horn to ask the car in front of me to move over.

The rain water blowin' all under my hood,
The rain is getting into the engine compartment of my car.

I knew that was doin' my motor good.
The rain was actually helping to cool down my car's engine.

The motor cooled down, the heat went down
My car's engine cooled down and stopped overheating.

And that's when I heard that highway sound.
I heard the sound of cars driving on the highway.

The Cadillac a-sittin' like a ton of lead
The Cadillac is stopped or going very slowly.

A hundred and ten a half a mile ahead.
The Cadillac is far ahead, going 110 miles per hour.

The Cadillac lookin' like it's sittin' still
The Cadillac appears to not be moving at all.

And I caught Maybellene at the top of the hill.
I caught up to Maybellene's car at the top of the hill.