Carl Perkins' Cadillac (Live)

Life ain't nothing but a blending up of all the ups and downs
Damn it Elvis, don't you know you made your mama so proud?
Before you ever made that record, before there ever was a sun
Before you ever lost that Cadillac, Carl Perkins won

Mister Phillips found old Johnny Cash when he was high
High before he ever took those pills, and he's still too proud to die
Mister Phillips never said anything behind nobody's back
Like damn it Elvis, don't he know he ain't no Johnny Cash?

Mister Phillips was the only man that Jerry Lee still would call sir
And I guess Mister Phillips did all
Of y'all about as good as you deserve
Did just what he said he's gonna do and the money came in sacks
New contracts and Carl Perkins' Cadillac

I got friends in Nashville, or at least they're folks I know
Nashville's where you go to see if what is said is so
Carl drove his brand new Cadillac to Nashville and he went downtown
This time they promised him a Grammy, he turned his Cadillac around

Mister Phillips never blew enough hot air
To need a little gold-plated paperweight
Promised him a Cadillac, put the wind in Carl's face
He did just what he said he's gonna do and the money came in sacks
New contracts and Carl Perkins' Cadillac

Damn it Elvis, I swear son I think it's time you came around
Making money you can't spend ain't what being dead's about
You gave me all but one good reason
Not to do all of the things you did
Now Cadillac's a fiery glance, if you were me you'd call it quits

Mister Phillips was the only man that Jerry Lee still would call sir
And I guess Mister Phillips did all
Of y'all about as good as you deserve
Did just what he said he's gonna do and the money came in sacks
New contracts and Carl Perkins' Cadillac
Carl Perkins' Cadillac