作词 : GIBSON, DAVID LOWELL/NELSON, BERNIE
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 
Got me a big car thought 
I was real cool 
Cruisin' around the old neighborhood 
I'd see Daddy 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 CHO
RUS 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 
CHORUS Daddy never was the 
Cadillac kind 
He said some things just glitter and shine 
Well just this once, 
I hope daddy enjoyed the ride '
Cause Daddy never was the 
Cadillac kind 
No Daddy never was the 
Cadillac kind