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Track: Cadillac Ranch
Artist: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Album: Plain Dirt Fashion

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Name: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Spotify Genres: bluegrass, country rock, country
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US American country rock band that has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California in 1966. The group's membership has had at least a dozen changes over the years, including a period from 1976 to 1981 when the band performed and recorded as [a=The Dirt Band]. Constant members since the early times are singer-guitarist [a=Jeff Hanna] and drummer [a=Jimmie Fadden]. Multi-instrumentalist [a=John McEuen] was with the band from 1966 to 1986 and returned during 2001. Keyboardist Bob Carpenter joined the band in 1977. The band is often cited as instrumental to the progression of contemporary country and roots music.

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Release: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Fire In The Sky / Cadillac Ranch
Year: 1984
Genres: Folk, World, & Country
Styles: Country

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LYRICS

There she sits buddy just a-gleaming in the sun,
There to greet a working man when his day is done
I'm gonna pack my pa and I'm gonna pack my aunt,
I'm gonna take them down to the Cadillac ranch.
El Doraldo fins, whitewalls and skirts;
Rides just like a little bit of heaven here on earth.
When I die, buddy, throw my body in the back,
Take me to the junkyard in my Cadillac.

Cadillac, Cadillac,
Long and dark, shiny and black
Open up your engines let `em roar
Tearing up the highway like a big old dinosaur

James dean in a Mercury `49
Junior Johnson runnin' in the woods of Caroline
Even Burt Reynolds in a black Trans Am
Are gonna meet me down at the Cadillac ranch

Cadillac, Cadillac
Long and dark, shiny and black
Open up your engines, let 'em roar
Tearin' up the highway like a big old dinosaur

Hey little girlie in the blue jeans so tight
Drivin' all alone in a Colorado night
You're my last love, baby, you're my last chance
Don't let `em take me down to the Cadillac ranch

Cadillac, Cadillac...
Long and dark, shiny and black;
Open up them engines, let 'em roar;
Tearin' up the highway like a big old dinosaur