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Brand New Cadillac

from Fell Into Place by the balconvillains

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Brand New Cadillac

It’s a Brand new Cadillac, its got everything you want
Brand new Cadillac, gotta move em off the lot
Brand new Cadillac, its got style, its got speed
Brand New Cadillac, but baby’s got to eat

daddy used to tell of when Elvis was the king
the glories of nations rode on caddy’s fins
there was no thought of failure, the only way was up
in the land of milk and honey, the cream rises to the top

It’s a Brand new Cadillac, its got everything you want
Brand new Cadillac, gotta move em off the lot
Brand new Cadillac, its got style, its got speed
Brand New Cadillac, but baby’s got to eat

daddy used to talk of the strength and of the pride
The day the eagle landed it had god by its side
there never was question, not a shadow of a doubt
that in any situation, the brave would have it out

It’s a Brand new Cadillac, its got everything you want
Brand new Cadillac, gotta move em off the lot
Brand new Cadillac, its got style, its got speed
Brand New Cadillac, but baby’s got to eat

daddy used to worry I saw it in his face
the times they were a changing at such a rapid pace
We boarded up all main street, we padlocked factories
we traded in the neighbours for the new economy

It’s a Brand new Cadillac, its got everything you want
Brand new Cadillac, gotta move em off the lot
Brand new Cadillac, its got style, its got speed
Brand New Cadillac, but baby’s got to eat

daddy used to say that a house was still a home
it was more than just a shelter, a place where we could grow
But they sold us speculation and they sold us on the greed
they sold away the future for commission on the deed

It’s a Brand new Cadillac, its got everything you want
Brand new Cadillac, gotta move em off the lot
Brand new Cadillac, its got style, its got speed
Brand New Cadillac, but baby’s got to eat

daddy died last week a Fleetwood took us to his grave
we talked about his spirit we talked about his days
we talked of complications of derivatives and rates
we talked about the loss and the chains on Lansing’s gates
we talked about the loss and the chains on Lansing’s gates

© 2013 Dean Thomson / Richard Hastings

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from Fell Into Place, released July 7, 2015
© 2013 Dean Thomson / Richard Hastings
Dean Thomson : Guitar, Vocals
Tony Labao : Drums, Vocals
Bruce Lewis : Bass, Vocals
Richard Hastings : Guitar, Vocals

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the balconvillains Montreal, Québec

Pan-genre…Omni-groove…
Not young…Not pretty…

Craft honed across two millennia, not the undead, the experienced.

The progeny of Montreal and the Age of Aquarius, chameleon transients in time and space, consumed and were consumed, frivolous, rhythmic, the voice of the common in the complexity of the mundane. ... more

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