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T. Rex – Hot Rod Mama (1968) | Track profile | Dork

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T. Rex
My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair... But Now They’re Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows
Hot Rod Mama

TRACK

Hot Rod Mama

Release date: 5th July 1968

From My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair... But Now They’re Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows

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About This Track

"Hot Rod Mama" is a track by T. Rex, from the album My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair... But Now They’re Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows, released 5th July 1968. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

T. Rex

T. Rex

Lyrics

Hot Rod Mama

[Chorus]

Hot rod mama moving like a motor cycle devil in a race

Hot rod mama moving like a motor cycle devil in a race

Blown out of my mind, I can't keep up the pace

[Post-Chorus]

I'm selling all my midnight, still broke and living on the ground

I'm selling all my midnight, still broke and living on the ground

Gone little mama cut out without a sound

[Verse 1]

With my greased-up Levis

Baseball boots above my head

Greased-up Levis

Baseball boots above my head

If it wasn't such a tragedy

I might wish I was dead

[Verse 2]

She took my ice-cream Mustang

And my purple coloured Dodeville

Ice-cream Mustang

And my purple coloured Dodeville

She even took my panpipes and my elixir of life pill

[Chorus]

Well now

Hot rod mama moving like a motor cycle devil in a race

Hot rod mama moving like a motor cycle devil in a race

Blown out of my mind, I can't keep up the pace

Hot rod mama moving in like a motor cycle

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Track details

From My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair... But Now They’re Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows

1968

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Album

My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair... But Now They’re Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows

Release year

1968

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Marc Bolan
Producer: Tony Visconti