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  [bad word]  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 
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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