Drive-By Truckers
Song: Carl Perkins Cadillac
Album: The Dirty South
Intro:
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Life ain t nothin but a blendin up all the ups and downs
Damn it, Elvis, don t you know?
You made your mama so proud.
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Before you ever made that record, before there ever was a Sun
Before you ever lost that Cadillac, the Carl Perkins one.
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Mr. Phillips found ol Johnny Cash when he was high
high before he ever took those pills
and he s still too proud to die.
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Mr. Phillips never said anything behind nobody s back
like damn it Elvis, don t he know?
He ain t no Johnny Cash
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Mr. Phillips was the only man that Jerry Lee still would call sir
I just wish Mr. Phillips did all of y all, bout as good as you deserved
He did just what he said he s gonna do
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and the money came in sacks.
New contracts and Carl Perkins Cadillac
I got friends in Nashville, or at least the folks I know
Nashville s where you go to see if what he said is so.
Carl drove his brand new Cadillac from Nashville anywhere downtown.
This town they promised him a Grammy, he turned his Cadillac around.
Cause Mr. Phillips never blew enough hot air to need a little gold plated paperweight
he promised him a Cadillac, they put the wind in Carl s face.
He did just what he said he s gonna do and the money came in sacks.
New contracts and Carl Perkins Cadillac
Damn it Elvis, I swear son, I think it s time you came around.
Makin money you can t spend ain t what bein dead s about
You gave me all but one good reason not to do all of the things you did.
Like Cadillac (?) glass, if you were me, you d call it quits.
Mr. Phillips was the only man that Jerry Lee still would call sir
I just wish Mr. Phillips did all of y all, bout as as good as you deserved
He did just what he said he s gonna do
and the money came in sacks.
New contracts and Carl Perkins Cadillac