Fat Lady in a Cadillac

Story Behind The Song

I worked in a social service agency that was being merged with other agencies for financial reasons. Agency directors were in conflicts of interest with the funders and services eroded as a result. People who challenged were let go so writing the song w

Song Description

Health and social services used to just try to help people but recently they have become corporations driven by profit motives. The fat lady is a metaphor for this movement toward greed.

Song Length 2:51 Genre Blues - Country, Country - Rock
Tempo Medium Fast (131 - 150) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Cross, Disconcerted Subject Capitalism
Language English

Lyrics

She blew north from Alabama on an evil breeze,
A rich girl suckled on magnolia trees,
She was slow on the thought, but she was quick on the draw,
You better watch out ?cause she?s above the law,
Oh she?s a fat cat??(you say she?s fat?)?Oh Yeah
She?s a fat lady in a Cadillac.

She bought herself a sheriff and a Marshall too,
All with money meant for me and you,
Better not challenge, don?t know what she?ll do,
If you stand in her way she?ll take care of you.
Well she?s a fat cat??(you say she?s fat?)?Oh Yeah
She?s a fat lady in a Cadillac.

And the fat lady grows, she grows and she grows.
She?ll eat you up if you don?t stay on your toes,
And where it ends, oh nobody knows.
This cat don?t strut she picks her teeth with your bones.

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And the fat lady grows, she grows and she grows.
She?ll eat you up if you don?t stay on your toes,
And where it ends, oh nobody knows.
This cat don?t strut she picks her teeth with your bones.

Oh you better stop whining it?s a sign of the times
It?s now called business, it ain?t no crime,
It?s not immoral she?s a business tycoon,
And given her size there?s nothing left to do.
Hey she?s a fact cat??(you say she?s fat?)?Oh Yeah
She?s a fat lady in a Cadillac.

She blew north from Alabama on an evil breeze,
A rich girl suckled on magnolia trees,
She was slow on the thought, but she was quick on the draw,
You better watch out ?cause she?s above the law,
Oh she?s a fat cat??(you say she?s fat?)?Oh Yeah
She?s a fat lady in a Cadillac.

this is a good song

Lyrics D Mark Ragg, Chucky Davis Music D Mark Ragg
Producer D Mark Ragg Performance Shameless Blues Band

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