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 

I got that message 

And I wrote it on the wall 



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...yeah 



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 

Until this dream was born 

You can't take that away 

You can't take that away from me...no, no 



Yeah...now dig this... 



When I was seventeen 

There was this beauty queen 

Checked in a one room suite 

The back seat of my car...ha 



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 



Yeah, I want money, money 

More than I need 

I got Cadillac dreams 

Waitin' on me 



Money, yeah, money 

'Cause 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 

These Cadillac dreams 

Are waitin' on me...hey, hey, hey!