Featured In

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Mos Def
Mos Def
Vocals
Billy Flynn
Billy Flynn
Guitar
Eddie Taylor Jr.
Eddie Taylor Jr.
Guitar
Danny Kortchmar
Danny Kortchmar
Guitar
Larry Taylor
Larry Taylor
Bass
Chuck Goering
Chuck Goering
Piano
Steve Jordan
Steve Jordan
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Steve Jordan
Steve Jordan
Producer
Niko Bolas
Niko Bolas
Mixing Engineer
Brian Montgomery
Brian Montgomery
Assistant Engineer
Christian Baker
Christian Baker
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Tom Coyne
Tom Coyne
Mastering Engineer
Yohei Goto
Yohei Goto
Vocal Recording Engineer

Lyrics

Maybelline, why can't you be true? Oh Maybelline, 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 Maybelline 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 Maybelline, why can't you be true? Oh Maybelline, 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 stretch Me and that Cadillac neck by neck Maybelline, why can't you be true? Oh Maybelline, 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 cloudy 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 Maybelline, why can't you be true? Oh Maybelline, 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 Maybelline at the top of the hill Maybelline, why can't you be true? Oh Maybelline, why can't you be true? You've started back doing Yhe things you used to do
Writer(s): Chuck Berry Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
instagramSharePathic_arrow_out