I GREW UP
IN WHAT I THOUGHT
WAS DOMESTIC BLISS
I HAD A DADDY
AND A MAMA
AND A BROTHER
AND A SIS
NEVER KNEW NOTHIN'
'BOUT THE FINER THINGS
WE WERE LIVIN' ON
WEENIES
BEANIES AND DREAMS
DADDY USED TO TAKE
A LOT OF BUSINESS TRIPS
PROMISIN' US ALL
A BETTER LIFE
THAN THIS
HE SAID
IT WAS A SACRIFICE
HE HAD TO MAKE
RIGHT ABOUT THEN
MAMA DROPPED
ANOTHER PLATE
4 BAR
BREAK
WELL IT TURNED OUT
DADDY WASN'T NOTHIN'
BUT A SNAKE
HE HAD A HALF A DOZEN
WOMEN
IN A HALF A DOZEN
STATES
MAMA GREW WISER
AS THE YEARS WENT BY
SHE NEVER SAID A WORD
SHE HID IT ALL INSIDE
WELL THEY FOUND HIM
FACE DOWN
IN A MOTEL ROOM
SMELLING LIKE LIQUOR
AND A LOVER'S PERFUME
STANDING BY
THE GRAVESIDE
MAMA WAS A WRECK
'TIL THAT STATE FARM MAN
HANDED HER
A FAT CHECK
DADDY HAD A CARDIAC
MAMA GOT A CADILLAC
ALL OF US KIDS
DONE THROWED AWAY
THE TATER SACKS
LOOK AT US NOW
LIVIN' THAT LIFE
DADDY ALWAYS
PROMISED US
THAT HE'D PROVIDE
DADDY'S
ON A SHADY HILL
MAMA'S
IN A COUPE DEVILLE
NEVER HAVE TO WORRY
'BOUT ANOTHER BILL
DADDY DIED SMILIN'
BUT MAMA GOT
THE LAST LAUGH
DADDY HAD A CARDIAC
MAMA GOT A CADILLAC
4 BAR
BREAK
WELL IT'S BEEN
A WHILE NOW
SINCE IT ALL
WENT DOWN
MAMA'S STILL A HERO
ALL OVER TOWN
BUT WHEN
THE PREACHER
DOES A SERMON 'BOUT
THOSE WHO WAIT
MAMA SLIPS A HUNDRED
IN THE OFFERIN' PLATE
NOW EACH
AND EVERY YEAR
ON THE DAY HE DIED
MAMA DRESSES UP
FOR A MIDNIGHT DRIVE
WHERE SHE EVER GOES
SHE NEVER DOES SAY
BUT THERE'S A FRESH SET
OF TIRE TRACKS
ON DADDY'S GRAVE
DADDY HAD A CARDIAC
MAMA GOT A CADILLAC
ALL OF US KIDS
DONE THROWED AWAY
THE TATER SACKS
LOOK AT US NOW
LIVIN' THAT LIFE
DADDY ALWAYS
PROMISED US
THAT HE'D PROVIDE
DADDY'S
ON A SHADY HILL
MAMA'S
IN A COUPE DEVILLE
NEVER HAVE TO WORRY
'BOUT ANOTHER BILL
DADDY DIED SMILIN'
BUT MAMA
GOT THE LAST LAUGH
DADDY HAD A CARDIAC
MAMA GOT A CADILLAC
8 BAR
INSTRUMENTAL
BREAK
WELL DADDY'S
ON A SHADY HILL
MAMA'S
IN A COUPE DEVILLE
NEVER HAVE TO WORRY
'BOUT ANOTHER BILL
DADDY DIED SMILIN'
BUT MAMA
GOT THE LAST LAUGH
DADDY HAD A CARDIAC
MAMA GOT A CADILLAC
DADDY DIED SMILIN'
BUT MAMA
GOT THE LAST LAUGH
DADDY HAD A CARDIAC
MAMA GOT A CADILLAC
DADDY HAD A CARDIAC
MAMA GOT A CADILLAC