Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind - Confederate Railroad

Written by：Miller Blue/Shirley Danny

We were poor when I was a young man

I don't remember ever going hungry

Daddy made sure we didn't do without

I went to school with some of these fellas

They had money and I was jealous

I didn't know then

What I know now

Daddy'd say you can't judge a book

By looking at it's cover

It's what's inside that really matters

Daddy never was

The Cadillac kind

He said some things

Just glitter and shine

He taught us that love

Was the one thing money couldn't buy

Daddy never was

The Cadillac kind

I left home right out of high school

Bought me a big car thought I was real cool

Cruisin' around

The old neighborhood

I'd see Dad after church on Sunday

I'd say you'll have to go riding with me someday

He just said no

I never understood

He asked me how I bought it I told him on credit

Daddy just smiled I'll never forget it

Daddy never was

The Cadillac kind

He said some things

Just glitter and shine

He taught us that love

Was the one thing money couldn't buy

Daddy never was

The Cadillac kind

It took a while but now I'm grown

I've settled down with kids of my own

The more I give them

The more they want

Daddy left us last November

I don't remember him ever looking better

All laid out

In his Sunday best

I'm sure instead of all the attention

All he'd of wanted was a few words mentioned

A simple man

Simply laid to rest

As they drove him away in that big Cadillac

With a tear in my eye I had to laugh

Daddy never was

The Cadillac kind

He said some things

Just glitter and shine

He taught us that love

Was the one thing money couldn't buy

Daddy never

Was the Cadillac kind

Daddy never was

The Cadillac kind