Let me tell you about my new steam. for comfort,
just my speed.
A
Ford
Mustang
modified to set the pace.
Man, I could hardly wait
to get out and race.
It's got a 289 motor
with a special cobra kit.
There ain't nothing on the
road that can even touch it.
It's got
carburetors and it uses them all with a four
-speed stick that just won't stall.
With that transistor ignition and power pipe exhaust,
this is a machine that'll
really get lost.
Everything built to make it perform.
It may not be hot, but it sure
is warm.
We took delivery at the factory
late one night.
It was purring like a kitten and
moving just right.
We pulled up on the freeway like it was going
downhill and started passing the
sleds like they were standing still.
Then all of a sudden,
before I could bat an eye,
a
Cadillac sedan passed me by.
Somebody said,
like, that's the wheels for me.
But by then, the taillights was all
I could see.
Well, these cats ribbed
me for being behind,
so I started to make that
Mustang unwind.
Pushed the foot feed clear to the floor,
said, that's all there is,
there ain't no more.
Smoke was rolling out of the back
when I started to gain on that
Cadillac.
I was sure I could catch him and I hoped I could pass,
but by then I knew I'd be short on gas.
We went around a curve and passed a truck. I pulled
out my rabbit's foot just for luck.
The fenders just missed a guardrail post.
The guy in the back was white
as a coat.
I glanced over to check
on the other side.
Her face was blue and I thought she died,
but I wasn't worried be cause what the heck,
by now me and that caddy was
neck and neck.
I guess they thought I'd lost my sense,
the telephone poles looked like a picket fence.
They said, slow down, I see spots.
The lines in the road look just
like dots.
Went around a corner with the tires
on the side.
You could feel the tension.
Man, what a ride.
I said, hold on, I got a license to fly.
And that
Cadillac faded back and let
me by.
Then I looked in the mirror and saw
something coming.
I thought it was a plane,
by the way it was numbered.
I'd been caught by a helicopter in the
CHP.
That was it, gang, the end of me.
Well, they busted me
and threw me in the can,
so there was nothing I could
do but call the old man.
He said, whale in jail,
cause I won't bail.
Dang me, he told me not
to hop up that
Mustang.
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