Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind

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