Cadillac Dreams

(album: Hot In The Shade - 1989)

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

And I don't want anybody telling 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't you take it from me
Give me money, money, more than I need
I got Cadillac dreams waiting 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

I just want money, money, that's all I need
I got Cadillac dreams, hey mister don't you take it from me
Give me money, money, more than I need
These Cadillac dreams are waiting 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

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

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 waiting on me

Money, money, that's what I need
We're driving in my Chevy with my Cadillac dreams
Someday, one day, just you and me
We'll ride inside these Cadillac dreams

Cadillac dreams
That's right
These Cadillac dreams waiting on me