Beep Beep
The Playmates

Hit the top 40 on the Billboard charts June 9, 1958, made number 4, and was in the top 40 for 12 weeks. Concerns a race between a Cadillac and a "little Nash Rambler".
Ken Ames: amesk@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
The song refers to the 1st american sub-compact - Nash Metropolitan
Ken Maccarone: kmac@capecod.net
Available on Playmates: Golden Classics, Dr. Demento: 20th Anniversary Collection and others available from CDNOW.
As posted to the AMC mailing list by Chris Weigant:

Here's the lyrics. They start painfully slow, dragging each word, and speed up with each verse. By the end, it's a very fast tempo. I assume from the chart info that was already posted that it's a tribute to the 1957 Rebel, but I'm just guessing...

<chorus>
Beep beep      <sound of horn - beep beep!>
   Beep beep      <beep beep>
      His horn went beep beep beep      <beep beep>

While riding in my Cadillac
What to my surprise
A little Nash Rambler was following me
About one-third my size
The guy must have wanted to pass me out
As he kept on tooting his horn      <beep beep>
I'll show him that a Cadillac
Is not a car to scorn

<chorus>

I pushed my foot down to the floor
To give the guy the shake
But the little Nash Rambler stayed right behind
He still had on his brake
He must have thought his car had more guts
As he kept on tooting his horn      <beep beep>
I'll show him that a Cadillac
Is not a car to scorn

<chorus>

My car went in to passing gear
And we took off with gust
And soon we were doing ninety
Must have left him in the dust
When I peeked in the mirror of my car
I couldn't believe my eyes
The little Nash Rambler was right behind
You'd think that guy could fly

<chorus>

Now we're doing a hundred and ten
It certainly was a race
For a Rambler to pass a Caddy
Would be a big disgrace
The guy must have wanted to pass me out
As he kept on tooting his horn
I'll show him that a Cadillac
Is not a car to scorn

<chorus>

Now we're doing a hundred and twenty
As fast as I could go
The Rambler pulled alongside of me
As if we were going slow
The fellow rolled his window down
And yelled for me to hear
"Hey buddy how can I get this car
  out...
      of...
         second
            gear!"

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