Everly Brothers, The - Always Drive A Cadillac Lyrics






It was the Senior High School yearbook
The class of '63
I'll never forget the day you gave
Your book and pen to me
It was all talked out and settled
You knew I'd understand
A girl with dreams as big as yours
Just had to make some plans

So I turned to your best picture
Most Likely To Succeed
The only one in the whole damn book
That didn't show you with me
And it said that you liked inner strength
So I tried to be true to form
And I hid my teenaged broken heart
And instead I signed this poem

I hope you always drive a Cadillac
I hope you always drink champagne
I hope you always shine with the sunshine
I hope you never have to face the rain
Unless the clouds are lined in silver
May every heart you meet be gold
And may you find the world as kind as you've been told

All the news of you that got back home
Was no surprise to me
You came, you saw, you conquered
At every turn there were victories
And the men came and the men went
And some of them might have stayed
But their dreams weren't silk or linen
And their invitations weren't engraved

At the ten year class reunion
They read your personal note
And enlarged your cover photograph
In your full length sable coat
But the words underneath the picture
Were what mattered most to me
There was something in between the lines
That no one else could see...
It said:-
“I'll always drive a Cadillac
And I'll always drink champagne
And if you make time while the sun shines
You never have to face the rain
I travel fast because I go alone
Everybody gets bought and sold”
And I wondered if you'd really become that cold

That was the last word anyone heard from you
Until I got your card today
A single line and signature
That said, “I'm coming home to stay”;
I wonder what life has done to you
I wonder why you thought of me
But if you drop by to say hello
I wonder what you'll think if you see

An old ragged high school yearbook
That falls open to just one page
With a picture of a young girl's face
Full of beauty, dreams and rage
And words beside the picture
Is the verse that's still so true
It's the one I swore no one would read
Unless I showed it to you

To me you'll always drive a Cadillac
Your laughter is my champagne
And you'll carry my heart wherever you go
Even if I never see you again
But if you bring it back home to me
Maybe then it'll mean you know
That the strongest love's the love that let's you go

To me you'll always drive a Cadillac
Your laughter is my champagne
And you'll carry my heart wherever you go
Even if I never see you again
But if you bring it back home to me
Maybe then it'll mean you know
That the strongest love's the love that let's you go

I hope you always drive a Cadillac
I hope you always drive a Cadillac...





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  1. K.... S....

    I used that verse "May You Always Drive a Cadillac may you always drink Champagne"for the Toast at my best friends wedding back in 1986..I was the Best Man...

  2. A.... ....

    Really pleasant song.

  3. a.... ....

    This should have been their biggest ever hit - it's the outstanding track of their entire Mercury output.

  4. G.... G....

    I didn't know this one and absolutely love it! The way Phil belts it out. Wow 😄

  5. M.... ....

    Brilliant, simply brilliant.

  6. S.... ....

    I'm a 50's guy but this song fucking jams

  7. R.... H....

    I'm not a touchy feely type, but the sentiment of this song kinda got to me. I just love it, the Everly Brothers and Don in particular.

  8. M.... L....

    T J Colatrella. The guy sitting down playing the guitar during the bridge is Phil Donnelly.

  9. K.... S....

    Larry Raspberry wrote this amazing anthem . A great lyric and melody and feel. Check out Larry's other intense work with his band The HighSteppers

  10. N.... S....

    Is this available on a CD?

    N.... S....

    Yes - 'Songs our Daddy Taught Us' - it's great!

  11. F.... F....

    Always drive a McLaren, Audi RS8, Lamgorghini, Ferrari or Bentley would be more to my taste. Come to think of it a Porsche 918, Bugatti or LaFerrari FXX K works fine as well.

  12. V.... A....

    The magic harmony is still there, but sadly lost in the modern reverb production.

  13. p.... ....

    hi darrenjray, the last lines , that is don.  the harmony in the song of course is phil.
    i read somewehere that don sang the song without phil, and later phil came to the studio and joined his part, but i dont know if that is true.

    p.... ....

    @peterlisten Thanks for your input, Peter. I read that about the whole Born Yesterday album.

    p.... ....

    @darrenjray hi, however in this some hearts video they sing together in the studio

    p.... ....

    @darrenjray https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fegGhJ6bKdI


    some hearts video

  14. d.... ....

    Does anybody REALLY know who it is singing the last two lines? It's the high harmony line but to my ears it sounds like Don. In fact, the harmony in the rest of the song also sounds like Don to me!

    d.... ....

    @darrenjray phil does a tremendous job in the harmony!!

  15. C.... W....

    The Bard coined the word: Futurity. This is It.

  16. b.... ....

    love this song!!!!!!!!!!

  17. T.... C....

    Who's on guitar Albert Lee or James Burton some super playing on here..

    T.... C....

    @TJ Colatrella I believe it's Albert.

    T.... C....

    I think Phil Donnelly is in there, too.

  18. m.... ....

    Never heard this one before!  Good song!

  19. b.... ....

    Love this song, new to me<>

    b.... ....

    If you search out the Everly Brother's complete song catalog you will find many unheard of before great hits. Fantastic music that was made but never fully appreciated or played at the time of its release. I hope others find the vast amount of music that the Everly Brothers created and the appreciation by others of their music grows.  

  20. B.... W....

    I think they sand it on Prarie home companion

  21. c.... ....

    Rest in Peace, Phil.

  22. g.... p....

    Who else is there.

  23. O.... ....

    It's from the 1985 'Born Yesterday' album

  24. j.... b....

    What album isit from?

    j.... b....

    born yesterday. great album.

  25. j.... b....

    Thank u Peter for this, yet another mystery song I haven't heard b4. Is it on an album?

  26. m.... ....

    One of my very favourites of theirs, a masterpiece!

  27. j.... s....

    Yes, I agree. When they were in Shenandoah for their Homecoming Concert, I took photos of them in a Cadillac convertible in the parade, and several more while we toured the town looking at old memories.

  28. p.... ....

    hi jerry, too long of course.
    but a video maybe nevertheless??
    was possible?
    peter

  29. j.... s....

    I asked Phil why they never performed this live or made a video of it. He said it was too long. I have a photo of him and Donald in a Cadillac that I included in my book of their homecoming concert.

  30. E.... ....

    I'll bet Finn and the boys on Glee could sing it to Rachel.

  31. p.... ....

    just uploaded hello amy demo version by
    don
    enjoy!

  32. A.... D....

    Fantastic sentiments!!!

  33. L.... R....

    I just love this song so much.

  34. K.... K....

    I used to play this song on radio station WLBQ-AM, Morgantown, KY. It always moved me. Now, I am going to play it with my band on stage. Don't know if I can do this song justice, but it deserves to have me do my best with it.

  35. T.... K....

    I have been playing this track on my radio show in Tasmania Australia for years now and every time I play it I get someone ringing up to see if they can buy the CD. I have the CD and Album and it is one of my favourite tracks. if only commercial radio had got behind it and maybe if it was released as a single it would have been a huge hit.

  36. p.... a....

    Hoi Peter ! Mooie cover van een prachtig en onderkend Everly album. (keepiteverly)

  37. H.... G....

    most impressive

  38. N.... P....

    They both are ultra hot on this song ! So strong and wild yet the harmonies are still so tight and so Everly-ish !! Those jerks today have to listen to this to know what a (two, in Everly case lol} real rocker is !!

  39. n.... ....

    One of my all time top 10 favorite songs of the Everly's. I always wanted them to release these as a single... it would have been a huge top 10 hit for them! They both sounded so great & Phil's voice just soared into the stratosphere....
    I think they only sang it a couple of times at their concerts.... it was a killer on Phil's vocal cords!
    Thanks so much for posting! It is so wonderful that a whole new generation will hear this outstanding, brilliant song!

  40. r.... ....

    what a great tune, Man these are treasures !! I never knew they did songs like these. Genious !! is the only word that comes to mine

  41. m.... ....

    wow another song off the grt born yesterday album been after this for like ages n here it is bravo for this

  42. b.... ....

    So beautiful, I had to cry at the last.

  43. w.... ....

    I love this song. Thanks!