Carl Perkins' Cadillac Lyrics - The Dirty South - Drive By Truckers

Life ain't nothing but a blending up of all the ups and downs 

Dammit Elvis, don't you know 

You made your Mama so proud 

Before you ever made that record, before there ever was a Sun 

Before you ever lost that Cadillac that Carl Perkins won 

Mr. Phillips found old Johnny Cash and he was high 

High before he ever took those pills and he's still too proud to die 

Mr. Phillips never said anything behind nobody's back 

Like "Dammit Elvis, don't he know, he ain't no Johnny Cash" 

If Mr. Phillips was the only man that Jerry Lee still would call sir 

Then I guess Mr. Phillips did all of Y'all about as good as you deserve 

He did just what he said he was gonna do and the money came in sacks 

New contracts and Carl Perkins' Cadillac 

I got friends in Nashville, or at least they're folks I know 

Nashville is where you go to see if what they said is so 

Carl drove his brand new Cadillac to Nashville and he went downtown 

This time they promised him a Grammy 

He turned his Cadillac around 

Mr. Phillips never blew enough hot air to need a little gold plated paperweight 

He promised him a Cadillac and put the wind in Carl's face 

He did just what he said he was gonna do and the money came in sacks 

New contracts and Carl Perkins' Cadillac 

Dammit Elvis, I swear son I think it's time you came around 

Making money you can't spend ain't what being dead's about 

You gave me all but one good reason not to do all the things you did 

Now Cadillacs are fiberglass, if you were me you'd call it quits