Cadillac

You can’t win if you don’t play
That’s what the lotto people say
I took that advice to heart
Don’t you know I got an early start
Mama told me love of money is the root of sin
Watch out, it’ll do you in
Money don’t make you happy
But you can’t cry in a Cadillac

The best things in life are free
Whoever said that didn’t ask me
I’ve been around enough to find
Being poor never eased my mind
Live the lifestyle, sell your soul
For sex, drugs, and rock and roll
Money don’t make you happy
But you can’t cry in a Cadillac

Someday when I’m old
I’ll be covered in diamonds and gold
I’ve got my work cut out
But just watch if you have any doubt
A fool and his money are soon parted
Well just wait till I get started
Money don’t make me happy
But I don’t cry in my Cadillac

January 18th Blues

Well I woke up this morning and the sun was so bright
I just could not stand to look into the light
So I put on my sunglasses and I went for a walk
Ran into a stranger and he wanted to talk
He said, where are you going and I said, I don’t care
But I think that I’ll know it when I get there
He asked if he could come with me, but I just walked away
’Cause I have to go solo on this kind of day

It’s the 18th of the month and I’m missing you
It’s the 18th of the month and I should be kissing you
It’s the 18th of the month and I’m all alone
’Cause I just can’t get over you being gone

So I went to the diner and sat down in a booth
The waitress who served me, she had only one tooth
She gave me a napkin but no fork and no knife
So I ate with my fingers, then got up and got on with my life

It’s the 18th of the month and I’m missing you
It’s the 18th of the month and I should be kissing you
It’s the 18th of the month and I’m all alone
’Cause I just can’t get over you being gone

I walked down to the river where we always went
I saw an old woman sitting there in a tent
I asked her, Old lady, don’t you have a home?
She said, I’m a wanderer, I belong where I roam
Then she held out a tin can and she poured me some wine
And I sat down beside her for a very long time
When I got up to leave my perspective had changed
I knew that my life could never again be the same

It’s the 18th of the month and I’m missing you
It’s the 18th of the month and I should be kissing you
It’s the 18th of the month and I’m all alone
’Cause I just can’t get over you being gone

Try

The times in our past were all filled with joy
A fairy-book tale of a girl and a boy
Now the smiles on the wall should be shedding their tears
For a love that has failed after so many years

You won’t even try, just push me away
Say the fault is all mine, that we’re forever changed
Leave me wondering if I should even fight
You won’t even try

I was hurt and confused by the things that you said
Did something that night that I’ll always regret
It cut us both ways but your pain, it grows
The longer I stay, the further you go

You won’t even try, just push me away
Say the fault is all mine, that we’re forever changed
Leave me wondering if I should even fight
You won’t even try

Now you don’t even care or want us to win
You’re not the same man that you were back then
Think you can do better with the things that you’ve changed
I say to hell with you, go your own way

‘Cause if you won’t try then I say okay
I can’t change your mind, persuade you to stay
Your heart is long gone and we’re living a lie
You won’t even try

And you won’t see me cry, I’ll be more than okay
Once I’m past the walls that you put in my way
What took me so long to look at the light
You never did try