Hot Rod Boogie
Composer(s): Dorse Lewis
Performer(s): Dorse Lewis



Rock It Boys!

Now I went to the junk yard the other day
Justta take a load a scrap iron away
Now I got off to a pretty good start
when I traded my junk for some used car parts
I took 'em home and I never stopped
'n' I put 'em together, and here's what I've got
(setta dice...shake, rattle and roll, roll 'er boys)

Now, the cab and chassis of a model-A
and the springs and shackels of a Chevrolet
A Mercury motor and a Dodge rear end
and the fenders off an old Terraplane
Fuel pump off a GMC and the windshield off an ol' Model-T
Two big axles, one-a them dead
off a Studebaker 'n' a President (split axles makes it boogie)

Now, it's got a Crosley tire and a Cadillac tube
a Buick carbureter and a Henry J hood (all parts interchange)
Plymouth radiator and Chrysler lights
'n' a generator off an old Willys Knight
The gearshift up on the steering wheel
and the emergency off an Olds-O-Mobile, a Rocket 88 (rock it boys)

Now it's got the Kaiser looks 'n' the Frazer shape
a Pontiac horn 'n' Packard licence plates (violatin')
When I flunged it together I had a lot of fun
everybody asked me, "do you think that'll run?"

Well I got it to run and I started to town
and a motorcycle cop aimed to chase me down
I knew he's close't, I could see in the mirror
I said "heck, bud, I'm still in second gear"

So I give it the gas, 'n' with m'double clutch
and I left him not a-makin' much (about a hunderd and four)
When the speedometer hit a hunderd and five
I felt it drop into overdrive
and then it started viberatin', shimmyin' 'n' goin' inta the boogie

Now its top speed I'd hate to try to tell
because I think it's faster'n jet propelled
Don't ask me to buy 'cause I won't sell my Hot Rod
but if you want to take a ride just drop me a line
If you got the money honey, I've got the time (we'll go hotroddin')