[00:04.970]
[00:05.940]When I was seventeen
[00:07.090]
[00:07.800]Found out just what it means
[00:09.760]
[00:10.450]If you can get it free
[00:12.180]
[00:12.770]It just ain't worth a damn
[00:14.310]
[00:15.400]When I heard the preacher say
[00:17.030]
[00:17.800]Don't throw your life away
[00:19.510]
[00:20.280]And I got that message
[00:21.810]And I wrote it on the wall
[00:23.850]
[00:25.300]Well  I don't want anybody tellin' me lies
[00:28.620]
[00:29.440]No  I don't want your diamond ring
[00:32.170]'Cause you ain't got my size
[00:35.040]
[00:35.600]I want money  money  that's what I need
[00:39.540]
[00:40.460]I got Cadillac dreams
[00:41.590]Please  Mister  don'tcha take it from me
[00:44.410]
[00:45.290]Give me money  money  more than I need
[00:49.320]
[00:50.180]I got Cadillac dreams waitin' on me
[00:53.210]
[00:55.110]Cadillac dreams  Cadillac dreams
[00:58.220]
[01:00.660]When I had the young boy blues
[01:02.530]
[01:03.110]I paid some young boy dues
[01:05.040]
[01:05.610]I learned the hard way
[01:07.100]There's a heartbreak every day
[01:09.180]
[01:10.390]Stone cold reality
[01:11.480]
[01:13.110]Came crashing down on me
[01:15.510]Well  life was hard on me
[01:17.420]But I still don't give a damn
[01:19.130]
[01:20.400]When I was seventeen
[01:22.160]I was an angry young man
[01:24.030]
[01:24.610]But I won't let just anybody
[01:26.730]
[01:27.330]Tell me who I am
[01:28.800]
[01:30.540]Just want money  money  that's all I need
[01:34.640]
[01:35.460]I got Cadillac dreams
[01:36.610]Hey  Mister  don'tcha take it from me
[01:39.370]
[01:40.380]Give me money  money  more than I need
[01:44.410]
[01:45.380]These Cadillac dreams are waitin' on me
[01:48.080]
[01:53.470]Didn't have the time of day
[01:55.570]'Til this dream was born
[01:57.060]
[01:58.540]You can't take that away
[01:59.830]
[02:00.580]You can't take that away from me
[02:02.310]
[02:19.460]When I was seventeen
[02:20.460]
[02:21.370]There was this beauty queen
[02:23.000]
[02:23.940]Checked in a one room suite
[02:25.670]
[02:26.350]The back seat of my car
[02:27.690]
[02:28.860]When you want all the best things
[02:31.130]Money can buy
[02:32.330]
[02:33.330]You gotta reach down inside of you
[02:35.850]To reach up to the sky
[02:37.310]
[02:39.000]Yeah  I want money  money  that's all I need
[02:43.230]
[02:44.220]I got Cadillac dreams
[02:45.360]Hey  Mister  you can't take that from me
[02:48.150]
[02:49.070]I want money  money  more than I need
[02:53.060]
[02:53.970]I got Cadillac dreams waitin' on me
[02:56.820]
[02:59.160]Money  money  that's what I need
[03:02.820]
[03:04.010]We're drivin' in my Chevy with my Cadillac dreams
[03:07.880]
[03:09.000]Someday  one day  just you and me
[03:12.640]
[03:13.730]We'll ride inside these Cadillac dreams
[03:16.320]
[03:18.930]Cadillac dreams  hey  hey  hey
[03:22.570]
[03:24.440]That's right  hey  hey
[03:28.410]
[03:31.100]It's Cadillac dreams waitin' on me
[03:33.640]
[03:35.970]Hey  hey  hey