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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Cadillac Ranch
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Performer
Jeff Hanna
Jeff Hanna
Lead Vocals
Jimmy Ibbotson
Jimmy Ibbotson
Mandolin
Bob Carpenter
Bob Carpenter
Keyboards
John McEuen
John McEuen
Banjo
Jimmie Fadden
Jimmie Fadden
Harmonica
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Songwriter

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
There she sits buddy just a gleaming in the sun
There to greet a working man when his day is done
I'm gonna pack my pa, and I'm gonna pack my aunt
I'm gonna take 'em down to the Cadillac ranch
[Verse 2]
Eldorado fins, white walls and skirts
Drives just like a little bit of heaven here on earth
So when I die buddy throw my body in the back
Take me to the junkyard in my Cadillac
[Verse 3]
Cadillac, Cadillac
Long and dark
Shiny and black
Open up them engines, let 'em roar
Tearing up the highway like a big old dinosaur
[Verse 4]
James Dean in a Mercury '49
Junior Johnson's running in the woods of Caroline
Even Burt Reynolds in a black Trans Am
Are gonna meet down at the Cadillac ranch
[Verse 5]
Cadillac, Cadillac
Long and dark
Shiny and black
Open up them engines, let 'em roar
Tearing up the highway like a big old dinosaur
[Verse 6]
Hey little girlie in the blue jeans so tight
Driving all alone in a Colorado night
You're my last love, baby, you're my last chance
Don't let 'em take me down to the Cadillac ranch
[Verse 7]
Cadillac, Cadillac
Long and dark
Shiny and black
Open up them engines, let 'em roar
Tearing up the highway like a big old dinosaur
[Verse 8]
Cadillac, Cadillac
Long and dark
Shiny and black
Open up them engines, let 'em roar
Tearing up the highway like a big old dinosaur
Written by: Bruce Springsteen
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