We were poor when I was a youngun
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 its cover
It’s what’s inside that really matters
CHORUS
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 REPEAT CHORUS
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
REPEAT CHORUS
Beautiful Song and an appropriate video. Wish things were like this today. Thank you so much. I needed that, and of all days its Memorial Day, thanks again. GOD BLESS YOU
The ending of this vid brings a tear every time when the miners stop. Also, look up 105.1 The Wolf on iHeart radio for a great station that plays older country. You know, the better country.
I came here from Aaron Tippin’s You Gotta Stand for Something (which I won’t go into how I got there lol). But both these songs bring tears to my eyes because of my daddy. He hasn’t passed yet but I know someday he will, and as much as I would prefer to go first, I know that wouldn’t be the right flow of things. Even tho I know he could handle me going way better than I could deal with him going. At any rate, it’s these two songs I want played at his memorial. I would choose Daddy’s Hands, but it’s too religious. Daddy never was of the religious mind. Nor was he ever the Cadillac kind. :)