Song title: Maybelline
(Berry) by Chuck Berry
Maybelline
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.
Pink in the mirror on top of the hill,
it's just like swallowin' up a medicine pill.
First thing I saw that Cadillac grille
doin' a hundred and ten gallopin' over that hill.
Offhill curve, a downhill strecth,
me and that Cadillac neck by neck.
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 pulled up ahead of the Ford,
the Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more.
It then got clody and it started to rain,
I tooted my horn for a passin' lead
the rain water blowin' all under my hood,
I knew that was doin' my motor 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.
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 Maybellene 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.
This song has never been published on any official release.
Very few performances of this songs are known (to me, at least!):
- 02/09/1972 Huddy Park, Highlands,NJ ,USA
- 23/03/1988 The Omni, Atlanta,GA ,USA during the Tunnel of Love Tour, during the soundcheck.
- 05/05/1988 Tacoma Dome, Tacoma,WA ,USA during the Tunnel of Love Tour, during the soundcheck.
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Unique known live performance: 02/09/1972 Huddy Park, Highlands,NJ ,USA
Song 'history':
In the Tunnel of Love tour, the song was only practiced (23/03/1988 The Omni, Atlanta,GA ,USA, during the soundcheck. and 05/05/1988 Tacoma Dome, Tacoma,WA ,USA, during the soundcheck.)
but never played in the regular set.
The song was also played in informal happenings or off-tour appearances
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