Oh, why can't you be true
Oh, Madeline, why can't you be true
doing the things you used
Cadillac pulled up to a hundred and four
The Ford got hot, couldn't do no more
Dun got cloudy and started to rain,
I tooted my horn for a pass of lane
Maybelline, why can't you be true?
doin' the things you used
and that's when I heard that
Cadillac sitting like a ton of lead,
Cadillac looked like it's sitting still,
I caught Maybelline at the
Maybelline, why can't you be true?
Oh, Maybelline, why can't you be true?
to the things you used to do.
Oh, Magdalene, why can't you be true
Oh, Magdalene, why can't you be true
on the things you used to do