Maybellene [Johnny Paycheck] - George Jones

Oh Maybelline, why can't you be true 
Oh Maybelline, why can't you be true 
You've started back doin' 
The things you used to do. 

As I was motivatin' over the hill 
I saw Maybelline in a Coupe DeVille 
Cadillac rollin' on an open road 
But nothin' outrun my V8 Ford 
Cadillac doin' about ninety-five 
Bumper to bumper rollin' side to side 

Oh Maybelline, why can't you be true 
Oh Maybelline, why can't you be true 
You've started back doin' 
The things you used to do. 

Well, the Cadillac pulled up ahead of the Ford 
The Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more 
It done got cloudy and started to rain 
I tooted my horn for the passing lane 
The rain water poured up under my motor hood 
I knew that wern't doin' my motor good. 

Oh Maybelline, why can't you be true 
Oh Maybelline, why can't you be true 
You've started back doin' 
The things you used to do. 

--- Instrumental --- 

Well now the heat went down 
And the motor cooled down 
And that's when I heard that highway sound 
Cadillac lookin' like a ton of lead 
A hundred and ten, a half a mile ahead 
Cadillac lookin' like it's sittin' still 
I caught Maybelline at the top of the hill. 

Oh Maybelline, why can't you be true 
Oh Maybelline, why can't you be true 
You've started back doin' 
The things you used to do. 

--- Instrumental --- 

Oh Maybelline, why can't you be true 
Oh Maybelline, why can't you be true 
You've started back doin' 
The things you used to do...