Ford Songs

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

Know a song that mentions a Ford vehicle in the lyrics? Post up the details here so we can all share our love for all things Ford!

Here's three that I can recall.....

Precious and Grace - ZZ Top

Good God Almighty, we was goin' down slow,
Yeah, if we knew just where we had to go.
Cryin', just a flyin' down a put out road
With Precious and Grace in my flathead Ford.

I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide - ZZ Top

Well I was movin' down the road in my V-8 Ford,
I had a shine on my boots, I had my sideburns lowered.
With my New York brim and my gold tooth displayed,
Nobody give me trouble cause they know I got it made.
I'm bad, I'm nationwide.
Girl I'm bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, I'm nationwide.

Talk Dirty To Me - Poison

At the drive in
In the old man's Ford
Behind the bushes
Til I'm screamin' for more
Down in the basement
Lock the cellar door
And baby
Talk dirty to me!

[Raptor]

Fall of Rome - James Reyne

Every morning when I wake from my bed
I find I'm yawning just a'scratchin' my head
I face the dawning and I feel like I'm dead
I been sleeping all alone
Well every daybreak as I wake from my sleep
I find I'm aching as I drag from the deep
If I were a Mustang I'd be a junk yard heap
Mirror don't lie mirror don't lie
Talk about a rolling stone...


Take It Easy - Eagles

Well I'm a-runnin' down the road, tryin' to loosen my load
I've got seven women on my mind
Four that want to own me, two that want to stone me
....
Well, I'm a-standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona
Such a fine sight to see
It's a girl, my Lord, in a flat-bed Ford
Slowin' down to take a look at me
Come on, baby, don't say maybe...



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[anto]

Clutch - cypress grove
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWGseXND1I0

Well, all right.

There are women in Cypress Grove
And if they catch you, you don't go home
So get to booking and don't look back
A one way ticket on a two way track

Now tell me

Holy Diver, where you at?
There's a woman on the hill in a wide brimmed hat
With a shotgun, . 44,
And a big blood hound in the back of a jacked up Ford.

They say the water is cherry wine
And all them women drunk all the time
Sheriff Jackson went out the back
And now his daughters all dress in black

Now tell me

Holy Diver, where you at?
There's a woman on the hill in a wide brimmed hat
With a shotgun, . 44,
And a razor back boar in the back of a jacked up Ford.

You better keep on running Bukka
They're playing you for succotash and your stash is gone.

Now tell me

Holy Diver, where you at?
There's a woman on the hill in a wide brimmed hat
With a shotgun, . 44,
And a black plastic bag in the back of a jacked up Ford.

[ratter]

MERCURY BLUES

Well if I had money
Tell you what I'd do
I'd go downtown and buy a mercury or two
Crazy 'bout a mercury
Lord I'm crazy bout a mercury
I'm gonna buy me a mercury
And cruise it up and down the road

[XR6WGN]

As I was motorvatin' over the hill
I saw Maybellene in a Coupe de Ville
A Cadillac a-rollin' 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 done started back doin' the things you used to do

The Cadillac pulled up to a hundred and four
The Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more
It then got cloudy and started to rain
I tooted my horn for the passin' lane
The rainwater blowin' all under my hood
I know that I was doin' my motor good

[XR6WGN]

Doesn't actually mention Ford but:

Well I'm not braggin' babe so don't put me down
But I've got the fastest set of wheels in town
When something comes up to me he don't even try
Cause if I had a set of wings man I know she could fly
She's my little deuce coupe
You don't know what I got
(My little deuce coupe)
(You don't know what I got)

Just a little deuce coupe with a flat head mill
But she'll walk a Thunderbird like (she's) it's standin' still
She's ported and relieved and she's stroked and bored.
She'll do a hundred and forty with the top end floored
She's my little deuce coupe
You don't know what I got
(My little deuce coupe)
(You don't know what I got)

She's got a competition clutch with the four on the floor
And she purrs like a kitten till the lake pipes roar
And if that ain't enough to make you flip your lid
There's one more thing, I got the pink slip daddy

And comin' off the line when the light turns green
Well she blows 'em outta the water like you never seen
I get pushed out of shape and it's hard to steer
When I get rubber in all four gears

[cs123]

Originally Posted by XR6WGN

As I was motorvatin' over the hill
I saw Maybellene in a Coupe de Ville
A Cadillac a-rollin' 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 done started back doin' the things you used to do

The Cadillac pulled up to a hundred and four
The Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more
It then got cloudy and started to rain
I tooted my horn for the passin' lane
The rainwater blowin' all under my hood
I know that I was doin' my motor good

Great song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75RiHJGfyUE

[DJR-351]

How about "The Ford Song".........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNkf0ZZcLx4

[roddy1960]

Originally Posted by DJR-351

How about "The Ford Song".........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNkf0ZZcLx4

G'day..
That's cool...I've never heard The Ford Song before....Other than commercials I didn't know that there were a good number of songs with Ford mentioned as this thread definitely shows...Brilliant..
This one doesn't mention Ford outright either but the lyrics hit the mark for me..lots of them could sum up the 56 years of the bird we all know so well..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwZYw35JkJY ....
The bloke that put this together did it as a tribute to Ford Falcon after the news of the factory closure was announced in 2013... Every so often I'll play it on my IPod in one of my two Falcons...Cheers Rod...

[4stanger]

John Paul Young - Pasedena

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1qhNINHq7k

Ooh Its such a long, long way to Pasadena
Ooh Its such a long, long way to Pasadena

Where the dirt track meets the highway
And there aint no time at all
Just a world movin forward
On a big black motored crawl

And the drivers in their Chevrolettes
Aint got no time at all
To find no lonely hikers way
Its when I wanna say

Ooh Its such a long, long way to Pasadena
Ooh just to find some air thats kind of cleaner
Pasadena town is where Im goin

Why did they cut Beales Rise
To stage coach through Newhall
For a Mustang pony car
To muss up City Hall

And of coarse Mustang Sally,
Where there are quite a few versions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEsoq0B1IOo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwB40qTfuvI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwolvmhKnKI

[CoupeKing]

Poison - Talk dirty to me:

At the drive in
In the old man's Ford
Behind the bushes
Til I'm screamin' for more
Down in the basement
Lock the cellar door
And baby
Talk dirty to me!


But my personal favourite is American Pie by Don McLean:


I started singing bye, bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my FORD to the levee but the levee was dry
Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey 'n rye
Singin' this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die ))

[LG17]

Originally Posted by CoupeKing

Poison - Talk dirty to me:

At the drive in
In the old man's Ford
Behind the bushes
Til I'm screamin' for more
Down in the basement
Lock the cellar door
And baby
Talk dirty to me!


But my personal favourite is American Pie by Don McLean:


I started singing bye, bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my FORD to the levee but the levee was dry
Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey 'n rye
Singin' this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die ))

You've missed the point of the song by changing Chevvy to Ford.
He was trying to sink the piece of crap but couldn't because the levee was dry!

[GO FURTHER]

My Mustang Ford - Chuck Berry

I got a nineteen sixty-six cherry red Mustang Ford.
Itæ?¯ got a three hundred and eighty five horsepower over load
You know itæ?¯ way too fast to be crawlin?on these interstate roads.
I broke her in at the airport on a runway at the J.F.K.
I just touched the gas pedal and like to ran off into Jamaica Bay
I had to spin the wheels backwards or the momentum would have carried me away
Itæ?¯ getting?to be a big problem trying to figure the best possible route
I tried to stop in Indianapolis once, and had to back up from Terre Haute
But now I can slow and stop her with my windbreaker parachute

[Raptor]

Two more oldies but goodies;

Hot Rod Race Lyrics by Jimmie Dolan

Now me and my wife and my brother Joe,
took off in my Ford from San Pedro.
We hadn't much gas 'n' the tires was low,
but the doggone Ford could really go.
Now along about the middle of the night,
we were rippin' along like white folks might,
when a Mercury behind he blinked his lights,
and he honked his horn and he flew outside.
We had twin pipes and a Columbia b___,
you people may think that I'm in a rut,
but to you folks who don't dig the jive,
that's two carburetors and an overdrive.
We made grease spots outta many good town,
and left the cops heads spinnin' round 'n' round.
They wouldn't chase, they'd run and hide,
but me and that Mercury stayed side by side.
Now we were Ford men and we likely knew,
that we would race until somethin' blew,
and we thought it over,
now, wouldn't you?
I looked down at my lovely bride,
her face was blue, I thought she'd died.
We left streaks through towns about forty feet wide,
but me and that Mercury stayed side by side.
My brother was pale, he said he was sick,
he said he was just a nervous wreck.
But why should I worry, for what the heck,
me and that Mercury was still neck-and-neck.
Now on through the deserts we did glide,
a-flyin' low and a-flyin' wide,
me an' that Mercury was a-takin' a ride,
and we stayed exactly side by side.
Now I looked in my mirror and I saw somethin' comin',
I thought it was a plane by the way it was a-runnin'.
It was a-hummin' along at a terrible pace,
and I knew right then it was the end of the race.
When it flew by us, I turned the other way,
the guy in the Mercury had nothin' to say,
for it was a kid, in a hopped up Model-A.
Yeah Just A Model A.

[Raptor]

And the follow-up

Hot Rod Lincoln by George Frayne

My pappy said, "Son, you're gonna' drive me to drinkin'
If you don't stop drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln."
Have you heard this story of the Hot Rod Race
When Fords and Lincolns was settin' the pace.
That story is true, I'm here to say
I was drivin' that Model A.
It's got a Lincoln motor and it's really souped up.
That Model A Vitimix makes it look like a pup.
It's got eight cylinders; uses them all.
It's got overdrive, just won't stall.
With a 4-barrel carb and a dual exhaust,
With 4.11 gears you can really get lost.
It's got safety tubes, but I ain't scared.
The brakes are good, tires fair.
Pulled out of San Pedro late one night
The moon and the stars was shinin' bright.
We was drivin' up Grapevine Hill
Passing cars like they was standing still.
All of a sudden in a wink of an eye
A Cadillac sedan passed us by.
I said, "Boys, that's a mark for me!"
By then the taillight was all you could see.
Now the fellas was ribbin' me for bein' behind,
So I thought I'd make the Lincoln unwind.
Took my foot off the gas and man alive,
I shoved it on down into overdrive.
Wound it up to a hundred-and-ten
My speedometer said that I hit top end.
My foot was blue, like lead to the floor.
That's all there is and there ain't no more.
Now the boys all thought I'd lost my sense
And telephone poles looked like a picket fence.
They said, "Slow down! I see spots!
The lines on the road just look like dots."
Took a corner; sideswiped a truck,
Crossed my fingers just for luck.
My fenders was clickin' the guardrail posts.
The guy beside me was white as a ghost.
Smoke was comin' from out of the back
When I started to gain on that Cadillac.
Knew I could catch him, I thought I could pass.
Don't you know by then we'd be low on gas?
We had flames comin' from out of the side.
Feel the tension. Man! What a ride!
I said, "Look out, boys, I've got a license to fly!"
And that Caddy pulled over and let us by.
Now all of a sudden she started to knockin',
And down in the dips she started to rockin'.
I looked in my mirror; a red light was blinkin'
The cops was after my Hot Rod Lincoln!
They arrested me and they put me in jail.
And called my pappy to throw my bail.
And he said, "Son, you're gonna' drive me to drinkin'
If you don't stop drivin' that hot rod Lincoln!"

[Jastel]

Another T-bird one

"Fun Fun Fun" - Beach Boys

Well she got her daddy's car
And she's cruisin' through the hamburger stand now
Seems she forgot all about the library
Like she told her old man now
And with the radio blasting
Goes cruising just as fast as she can now

And she'll have fun fun fun
'Til her daddy takes the T-Bird away
(Fun fun fun 'til her daddy takes the T-Bird away)


"I Ain't In Checotah Anymore" - Carrie Underwood

Where 69 meets 40,
There's a single stop light town,
And back when I was really young,
A part of that burned down,
On any given Friday night,
We'd drive a hundred miles,
Between the Sonic and the Grocery Store,
Laughing all the while,
With as many friends as I could pack,
In my daddy's Ford,
But I ain't in Checotah anymore.



"One Step Up" - Bruce Springsteen

Woke up this morning my house was cold
Checked out the furnace she wasn't burnin'
Went out and hoped in my old Ford
Hit the engine but she ain't turnin'
We've given each other some hard lessons lately
But we ain't learnin'
We're the same sad story that's a fact


And this one

"Lord, Mr. Ford" - Jerry Reed

Well if you're one of the millions who own one of them
Gas drinkin' piston clinkin' air pollutin' smoke belchin'
Four wheeled buggies from Detroit City then pay attention
I'm about to sing your song son

Well now I'm not a man to point or judge
To bear ill-will or hold a grudge
But I think it's time I said me a few choice words
All about that demon the automobile
The metal monster with the polyglass wheels
The end result of a dream of Henry Ford
Well now I've got a car that's mine alone
That me and the finance company own
A ready made pile of manufactured grief
And if I ain't out of gas in the pourin' rain
I'm changin' a flat in a hurricane
I once spent three days lost on a cloverleaf

Well it ain't just the smoke in a traffic jam
That makes me the bitter fool I am
But that four-wheeled buggy is dollarin' me to death
For gas and oil and fluids and grease
And wires and tires and antifreeze
And then them accessories well honey that's somethin' else
Well you can get stereo tape and a color TV
Get a backseat bar and reclinin' seats
And just pay once a month like you do your rent
Well I figured it up and over a period of time
This four thousand dollar car of mine
Cost fourteen thousand dollars and ninety-nine cents

Well now Lord Mr Ford I just wish that you could see
What your simple horseless carriage has become
Well it seems your contribution to man
To say the least got a little out of hand
Well Lord Mr Ford what have you done

Now the average American father and mother
Own one whole car and half another
And I'll bet that half a car is a trick to drive don't you
But the thing that amazes me I guess
Is the way we measure a man's success
By the kind of an automobile he can afford to buy
Well now it's red light green light traffic cop
Right turn no turn must turn stop
Get out the credit card honey we're out of gas
Well now all the cars placed end to end
Would reach to the moon and back again
And there'd probably be some poor fool pull out to pass
Well now how I yearn for the good ol' days
Without that carbon dioxide haze
A hangin' over the roar on the interstate
Well if the Lord that made the moon and stars
Would've meant for me and you to have cars
He'd've seen that we was born with a parkin' space

Lord Mr Ford I just wish that you could see
What your simple horseless carriage has become
Well it seems your contribution to man
To say the least got a little out of hand
Well Lord Mr Ford what have you done
Come away with me Lucille
In my smokin' chokin' automobile
One step up and two steps back

[XR6WGN]

What about Mustang Sally???

[Lugh]

The truck got stuck - Corb Lund

The Chev got stuck and the Ford got stuck
But the Chev unstuck when the Dodge showed up
But the Dodge got stuck in the tractor rut,
Which eventually pulled out the Ford
With some difficulty...

He does a version with Ramblin' Jack that talks about Jack's early fords and is good for a chuckle.

[The Yeti]

Reverend Horton Heat
Texas Rockabilly Rebel

It goes real fast
But it sure feels good,
It goes real fast
But it sure feels good,
It goes real fast
But it sure feels good,
It feels good.
Born a bastard child,
Nobody knows who's son,
On the old Chisholm Trail,
And he continues to run.
She's a 32 Ford,
Chopped five window Coup,
Chevrolet mill really,
Really stirs the soup.
Turn up the bass!
Turn up the treble!
Texas rock-a-billy rebel.
Turn up the bass!
Turn up the treble!
Texas rock-a-billy rebel.
It goes real fast
But it sure feels good,
It goes real fast
But it sure feels good,
It goes real fast
But it sure feels good,


Read more: Reverend Horton Heat - Texas Rock-A-Billy Rebel Lyrics | MetroLyrics

[Loonar]

Rory Gallagher :- "Souped-Up Ford ".... Last Verse.

You know what it takes to try to catch up to my souped up FORD.
Well, make no mistake by applying the brakes,
When i say "All Aboard".
Well, you can roll up the sidewalk and end all the small talk,
When i shift them gears.
'Cos i won't be back till i head down the track a 1000 miles from here.

[The Yeti]

Some more RHH

****ed up Ford

https://youtu.be/EczO9Hn4XKU

Galaxy 500

https://youtu.be/Yb_juTPQJUc

[chevypower]

Hillbilly Bone - Blake Shelton (feat. Trace Adkins).
"...Nah, you ain't gotta be born out in the sticks with an F-150 and a 30-06..."

Down For Whatever - Ice Cube
"I'll put the pedal to the floor in my two-tone Ford Explorer"

Nasty Girl - Notorious B.I.G.
"I'm in the Escalade, you in the Navigator..."

[Ford17]

Originally posted these in the 'Entertainment' section a while back, and the ZZ track has already been mentioned:

1. The ZZ Top track "I'm bad I'm Nationwide" has the line:

"Well I was movin' down the road in my V-8 Ford"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIrhcOIYfA8


2. A track by James Reyne titled "Every Tooth A Tombstone" has this line:

"Another two-door Falcon passed me by"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZEKQV6xTJE

[Iggle Piggle]

Wasn't there an old fashioned Ford made of rubber, tin and board along some road somewhere?

I'm a Holden guy, so...

Ummmm...

Sure there must be something somewhere...

I've got it...

[superyob]

M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-my Mustang Ford
My Baby she knows I'm on a scene
My baby keeps asking where I've been
My baby's guessing that I'm messing
It's all put together with alligator leather.
My Baby she knows I'm no fool
My baby she says hey keep cool
My baby don't realise I'm hypnotised
It's all put together with alligator leather
M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-my Mustang Ford

Marc Bolan

[wackyv8]

alternative version of "along the road to gundagai" 1922 , by jack O'hagan

There's an old fashioned Ford
Made of rubber, tin and board
Along the road to Gundagai

Well the radiator's hissing
And half the engine's missing
The fuel tank's running dry

There's water in the petrol
And sand in the gears
And it hasn't seen a garage
For more than forty years

Oh gosh hear it roar
When the pedal hits the floor
Along the road to Gundagai

Oh gosh hear it roar
When the pedal hits the floor
Along the road - to - Gun-da-gai

[malazn mafia]

Originally Posted by Iggle Piggle

Wasn't there an old fashioned Ford made of rubber, tin and board along some road somewhere?

I'm a Holden guy, so...

Ummmm...

Sure there must be something somewhere...

I've got it...











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Haha is that where GMH got their inspiration for their Kingswood replacement in the 70s?