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?   And I got that message   And I wrote it on the wall      Well, 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      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   'Til 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      Cadillac dreams, hey, hey, hey   That's right, hey, hey   It's Cadillac dreams waitin' on me   Hey, hey, hey