Carl Perkins' Cadillac

Life ain't nothin' but a blendin' up of all the ups and downs

Damnit, Elvis, don't you know, he makes 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 damnit, Elvis, don't he know, he ain't no Johnny Cash?

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

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

He did just what he said he's 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 is 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

'Cause 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's gonna do, and the money came in sacks

New contracts, and Carl Perkins' Cadillac

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

Makin' money you can't spend, ain't what bein' dead's about

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

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

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

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

He did just what he said he's gonna do, and the money came in sacks

New contracts, and Carl Perkins' Cadillac

And Carl Perkins' Cadillac