From: LEAFGREEN_P@HOST1.SWOSU.EDU
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 15:00:22 -0600 (CST)

                           Daddy Never Was the Cadillac Kind
                          
                                       written by: Dave Gibson
                                                   Bernie Nelson

                              Performed by Confederate Railroad on "Notorious"


[Intro]
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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

Repeat Chorus

Bridge
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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
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