We were poor when I was a youngun
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I don't remember ever going hungry
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Daddy made sure we didn't do without
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I went to school with some of these fellas
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They had money and I was jealous
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I didn't know then what I know now
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Daddy'd say you can't judge a book by looking at its cover
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It's what's inside that really matters
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CHORUS
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Daddy never was the Cadillac kind
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He said some things just glitter and shine
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He taught us that love was the one thing money couldn't buy
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Daddy never was the Cadillac kind
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I left home right out of high school
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Got me a big car thought I was real cool
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Cruisin' around the old neighborhood
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I'd see Daddy after church on Sunday
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I'd say you'll have to go riding with me someday
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He just said no, I never understood
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He asked me how I bought it, I told him on credit
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Daddy just smiled, I'll never forget it
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REPEAT CHORUS
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It took a while but now I'm grown
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I've settled down with kids of my own
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The more I give them
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The more they want
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Daddy left us last November
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I don't remember him ever looking better
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All laid out in his Sunday best
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I'm sure instead of all the attention
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All he'd of wanted was a few words mentioned
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A simple man simply laid to rest
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As they drove him away in that big Cadillac
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With a tear in my eye I had to laugh
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CHORUS
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Daddy never was the Cadillac kind
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He said some things just glitter and shine
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Well just this once, I hope daddy enjoyed the ride
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'Cause Daddy never was the Cadillac kind
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No Daddy never was the Cadillac kind
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Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind
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