Warren Zevon

Released: September 16, 2016

Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen

[Intro]
I wanna see everybody. Get those hands up one time. Come on
Come on, come on, come on
Yeah
Yeah

[Verse 1]
There she sits, buddy, just a gleaming in the sun
Waiting for a working man when his day is done
Gonna pack my ma and I'm gonna pack my aunt
Gonna take 'em down to the Cadillac ranch

[Verse 2]
Eldorado fins, whitewalls, and skirts
Rides just like a little bit of Heaven here on Earth
Oh, brother, when I die throw my body, in the back
And drive me to the junkyard in my Cadillac

[Chorus]
Cadillac, Cadillac
Long and dark, shiny and black
Open up your engines, let 'em roar
Tеaring down the highway like a big old dinosaur

[Verse 3]
James Dеan had a Mercury '49
Junior Johnson runnin' through the woods of Caroline
Even Burt Reynolds in a black Trans-Am
All gonna meet at the Cadillac Ranch

[Chorus]
Cadillac, Cadillac
Long and dark, shiny and black
Open up your engines, let 'em roar
Tearing down the highway like a big old dinosaur

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 4]
Little girlie in the blue jeans so tight
Ridin' alone in the Massachusetts night
You're my last love, honest, you're my last chance
Don't let 'em take me to the Cadillac Ranch

[Chorus]
Cadillac, Cadillac
Long and dark, shiny and black
Open up your engines, let 'em roar
Tearing down the highway like a big old dinosaur

[Instrumental Break]

[Outro]
Yeah
Yeah

Warren Zevon (24 January 1947 – 7 September 2003) was an American rock singer-songwriter and musician. He’s known best for his dark and outlandish sense of humor.

Zevon’s life is a classic tale of someone caught-up in bipolar alcoholism, drug-dependence, paternity suits, and divorce – a virtual train wreck on two feet. Still, his writing stands out among songwriters as some of the most original, interesting (and, okay, bizarre) on record. He released 13 studio albums in his career.

Zevon was a session musician for the Everly Brothers in the early 1970s, and came into a circle of artists ranging from Waddy Wachtel to Jackson Browne to Linda Rhonstadt to Don Henley to Bonnie Raitt to Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham. That circle of friends cross-pollinated to create the California rock sound of the late 20th century. All of the artists just mentioned point to Zevon as a big influence on their music.

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