On Your Way Chuck Berry

[2manymustangs]

SO, my brother grew up driving a 1953 mercury Monterey custom with the 255 (high output ha ha) Merc flathead three speed manual with overdrive...

SO the story goes, my late brother pulls onto I-70 eastbound after working the late shift in Wentzville and Chuck comes on alongside in one of his infamous brown Caddy's (big air horns on the fenders) and so they race... When I hear the song Maybellene it always makes me think of my brother and the story, pulling on the overdrive at 80+... Of course the song Maybellene was written WAY WAY before that encounter... I'm in the red pants...

Chuck was not very well liked around Wentzville by MANY ladies (google Chuck Berry Souther Aire) I personally saw the coax cable hanging from the ceiling in the ladies room after the place was shut down http://rulefortytwo.com/secret-rock-...hroom-cameras/





Maybellene lyrics:

Maybellene, why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene, 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 Mabellene in a Coup de Ville
A Cadillac arollin' on the open road
Nothin' will outrun my V8 Ford
The Cadillac doin' about ninety-five
She's bumper to bumper, rollin' side by side
Maybellene
Why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true
You've started back doin' 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 started to rain
I tooted my horn for a passin' lane
The rainwater blowin' all under my hood
I know that I was doin' my motor good
Maybellene
Why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true
You've started back doin' the things you used to do
Oh, Maybellene
Why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true
You've started back doin' 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 asittin' like a ton of lead
A hundred and ten half a mile aheadv The Cadillac lookin' like it's sittin' still
And I caught Mabellene 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 doin' the things you used to do