The Everly Brothers - Always Drive A Cadillac lyrics

It was the Senior High School yearbook The cla** of '63 I'll never forget the day you gave Your book and pen to me It was all talked out and settled You knew I'd understand A girl with dreams as big as yours Just had to make some plans So I turned to your best picture Most Likely To Succeed The only one in the whole damn book That didn't show you with me And it said that you liked inner strength So I tried to be true to form And I hid my teenaged broken heart And instead I signed this poem I hope you always drive a Cadillac I hope you always drink champagne I hope you always shine with the sunshine I hope you never have to face the rain Unless the clouds are lined in silver May every heart you meet be gold And may you find the world as kind as you've been told All the news of you that got back home Was no surprise to me You came, you saw, you conquered At every turn there were victories And the men came and the men went And some of them might have stayed But their dreams weren't silk or linen And their invitations weren't engraved At the ten year cla** reunion They read your personal note And enlarged your cover photograph In your full length sable coat But the words underneath the picture Were what mattered most to me There was something in between the lines That no one else could see... It said:- “I'll always drive a Cadillac And I'll always drink champagne And if you make time while the sun shines You never have to face the rain I travel fast because I go alone Everybody gets bought and sold” And I wondered if you'd really become that cold That was the last word anyone heard from you Until I got your card today A single line and signature That said, “I'm coming home to stay”; I wonder what life has done to you I wonder why you thought of me But if you drop by to say hello I wonder what you'll think if you see An old ragged high school yearbook That falls open to just one page With a picture of a young girl's face Full of beauty, dreams and rage And words beside the picture Is the verse that's still so true It's the one I swore no one would read Unless I showed it to you To me you'll always drive a Cadillac Your laughter is my champagne And you'll carry my heart wherever you go Even if I never see you again But if you bring it back home to me Maybe then it'll mean you know That the strongest love's the love that let's you go To me you'll always drive a Cadillac Your laughter is my champagne And you'll carry my heart wherever you go Even if I never see you again But if you bring it back home to me Maybe then it'll mean you know That the strongest love's the love that let's you go I hope you always drive a Cadillac I hope you always drive a Cadillac...