"Daddy Never Was the Cadillac Kind" Single by Confederate Railroad from the album Notorious in 1994. It peaked #9 in the US and #7 in Canada. G We were poor when I was a youngin' I don't remember ever going hungry C G Daddy made sure we didn't do without I went to school with some of these fellas They had money and I was jealous C G I didn't know then what I know now D Daddy'd say you can't judge a book by looking at its cover C D It's what's inside that really matters CHORUS C G Daddy never was the Cadillac kind C D He said some things just glitter and shine C D C G He taught us that love was the one thing money couldn't buy C D G Daddy never was the Cadillac kind G I left home right out of high school Bought me a big car thought I was real cool C G Cruisin' around the old neighborhood I'd see Dad after church on Sunday I'd say you'll have to go riding with me someday C G He just said no, I never understood D He asked me how I bought it, I told him on credit C D Daddy just smiled, I'll never forget it REPEAT CHORUS Em It took a while but now I'm grown C I've settled down with kids of my own The more I give them D The more they want G Daddy left us last November I don't remember him ever looking better C G All laid out in his Sunday best I'm sure instead of all the attention All he'd of wanted was a few words mentioned C G A simple man simply laid to rest D As they drove him away in that big Cadillac C D With a tear in my eye I had to laugh REPEAT CHORUS