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 



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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 



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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 



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