Cadillac Dreams
When I was seventeen Found out just what it means If you can get it free It just ain't worth a damn When I heard the preacher say 'Don't throw your life away' And I got that message And I wrote it on the wall Well, I don't want anybody tellin' me lies No, I don't want your diamond ring 'Cause you ain't got my size I want money, money, that's what I need I got Cadillac dreams Please, Mister, don'tcha take it from me Give me money, money, more than I need I got Cadillac dreams waitin' on me Cadillac dreams, Cadillac dreams When I had the young boy blues I paid some young boy dues I learned the hard way There's a heartbreak every day Stone cold reality Came crashing down on me Well, life was hard on me But I still don't give a damn When I was seventeen I was an angry young man But I won't let just anybody Tell me who I am Just want money, money, that's all I need I got Cadillac dreams Hey, Mister, don'tcha take it from me Give me money, money, more than I need These Cadillac dreams are waitin' on me Didn't have the time of day 'Til this dream was born You can't take that away You can't take that away from me When I was seventeen There was this beauty queen Checked in a one room suite The back seat of my car When you want all the best things Money can buy You gotta reach down inside of you To reach up to the sky Yeah, I want money, money, that's all I need I got Cadillac dreams Hey, Mister, you can't take that from me I want money, money, more than I need I got Cadillac dreams waitin' on me Money, money, that's what I need We're drivin' in my Chevy with my Cadillac dreams Someday, one day, just you and me We'll ride inside these Cadillac dreams Cadillac dreams, hey, hey, hey That's right, hey, hey It's Cadillac dreams waitin' on me Hey, hey, hey
