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. I got that message and I wrote it on the wall. 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. I 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 till 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.