Always Drive a Cadillac

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Isaac Donald "Don" Everly (born February 1, 1937) and Phillip "Phil" Everly (born January 19, 1939), together known as the Everly Brothers, are country-influenced rock and roll performers, known for steel-string guitar playing and close harmony singing. The duo was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. more »

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1986

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It was the Senior High School yearbook 
The class of '63 
I'll never forget the way you gave 
Your book and pen to me 
It was all talked out and settled 
You new 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 teenage broken heart 
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 with silver 
May every heart you meet be gold 
And may you find the world as kind as you've been told 

At the ten year class reunion 
They read your personal note 
And displayed 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 always drive a Cadillac 
I 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 stop 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 
But the words underneath 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 

I hope you always drive a Cadillac 
I hope you always drink 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...

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