When I was seventeen

Found out just what it means

If you can get it free

It just ain't worth a damn When I heard the preacher say

Don't throw your life away

And I got that message

And I wrote it on the wall Well, I don't want anybody tellin' me lies

No, I don't want your diamond ring

'Cause you ain't got my size I want money, money, that's what I need

I got Cadillac dreams

Please, Mister, don'tcha take it from me

Give me money, money, more than I need

I got Cadillac dreams waitin' on me

Cadillac dreams, Cadillac dreams When I had the young boy blues

I paid some young boy dues

I learned the hard way

There's a heartbreak every day Stone cold reality

Came crashing down on me

Well, life was hard on me

But I still don't give a damn When I was seventeen

I was an angry young man

But I won't let just anybody

Tell me who I am Just want money, money, that's all I need

I got Cadillac dreams

Hey, Mister, don'tcha take it from me

Give me money, money, more than I need

These Cadillac dreams are waitin' on me Didn't have the time of day

'Til this dream was born

You can't take that away

You can't take that away from me When I was seventeen

There was this beauty queen

Checked in a one room suite

The back seat of my car When you want all the best things

Money can buy

You gotta reach down inside of you

To reach up to the sky Yeah, I want money, money, that's all I need

I got Cadillac dreams

Hey, Mister, you can't take that from me

I want money, money, more than I need

I got Cadillac dreams waitin' on me Money, money, that's what I need

We're drivin' in my Chevy with my Cadillac dreams

Someday, one day, just you and me

We'll ride inside these Cadillac dreams Cadillac dreams, hey, hey, hey

That's right, hey, hey

It's Cadillac dreams waitin' on me

Hey, hey, hey