Story Behind The Song

My co-writer that lives in L.A. had the idea for the song he sent it to me when I was in Nashville. We worked it out through phone, fax and a lot conversations. He came to Nashville and we recorded it.

Song Description

A man falls in love with young woman. He buys her a Cadillac. He ends up dying mysteriosly, the town covers up and the woman ends up getting killed by what the town thinks is the dead husbands ghost

Lyrics

CADILLAC DEVILLE


PATRICK DOLLAGHAN
MONTE THOMAS

VERSE:
HE WAS ALMOST FORTY, SHE WAS BARELY NINETEEN
THAT DIDN'T BOTHER HER AT ALL
HE MADE LOTS OF MONEY. BOUGHT HER LOT OF NICE THINGS
ALWAYS CALLED HER BABY DOLL
HE USED TO SAY SHE WAS LIKE A DREAM
AND SHE COULD MAKE TIME STAND STILL
HE SAID ON THEIR WEDDING DAY, HE WAS GONNA BUY HER
A FIRE ENGINE RED CUSTOMIZED CONVERTIBLE CADILLAC DEVILLE

CHORUS:
ALL HIS FRIENDS PLEADED WITH HIM
THEY SAID "PLEASE SLOW IT DOWN"
THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE HIS BRIDE TO BE
WAS WORTHY OF THOSE VOWS
BUT HE WAS A FOOL FOR HER LOVE
AND SHE HAD HIM BY THE HEART
SO HE WENT AHEAD AND SAID TO HER
HE'D LOVE HER "TILL DEATH DO US PART"
SIX MONTHS LATER TO THE SHOCK OF THE TOWN
SHE SWORE IT WAS AN ACCIDENT
HIS SHOTGUN WENT OFF, AND HE WENT DOWN
THE JUDGE SAID "SHE'S INNOCENT'
SHE ENDED UP WITH EVERYTHING
THE ONLY NAME ON THE WILL
THE MONEY, THE HOUSE AND OF COURSE
A FIRE ENGINE RED CUSTOMIZED CONVERTIBLE CADILLAC DEVILLE

REPEAT CHORUS

IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG. SHE SOLD IT ALL
AND WAS READY TO MOVE AWAY
IN A MOTEL ROOM FOR ONE LAST NIGHT
SHE HAD PAPERS TO SIGN THE NEXT DAY
NOW THE POLICE CLAIMED SOME TWISTED DRIFTER
MUST OF BROKEN DOWN HER DOOR
BUT THEY COULDN'T EXPLAIN THAT SAME SHOTGUN
LYING THERE ON THE FLOOR

AND FOLKS SWEAR THEY SAW HER HUSBAND THAT NIGHT
AS THEY TELL IT THEY GET A CHILL
THEY SAID HE WAS LAUGHIN' JUST AS BIG AS LIFE
BEHIND THE STEERING WHEEL
OF A FIRE ENGINE RED CUSTOMIZED CONVERTIBLE CADILLAC DEVILLE

White Fence Music(BMI)/
Trail Creek Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
Pat Carter Productions
208-788-3460
Monte Thomas
208-286-0481