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1.We were poor when I was a youngin' 

  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 
 

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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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C.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 
 
2.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 
 
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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 
 
3.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 
 
C.Daddy never was the Cadillac kind 

  He said some things just glitter and shine 

  Just this once I hope Daddy enjoyed the ride 

  'Cause Daddy never was the Cadillac kind 

  No my Daddy never was the Cadillac kind 
 

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                            transcribed by Paul Leafgreen  T B 
 
                                           leafgreen_p@swosu.edu