Black Cadillacs Lyrics

[Verse 2]
We named our children after towns
That we'd never been to
And it's true that the clouds just hung around
Like black Cadillacs outside a funeral

And we were laughing at the stars
While our feet clung tight to the ground

So pleased with ourselves
For using so many verbs and nouns

But we were all still just dumb, dumb, dumber
Than the dirt, dirt, dirt on the ground


[Chorus]
Well, wings on flames, kings with no names
Well, this place just ain't got right air right now
You were so all over town but still so Crayola brown
Well you should run 'round yourself right now
And we were done, done, done
With all the fuck, fuck, fucking around
Circling 'round

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Genius Annotation

“Black Cadillacs” is about the collapse of a co-dependent relationship, death, and not having closure. The song’s title is a metaphor for Brock’s relationship dying out, black Cadillacs act as a hearse at a funeral transporting the deceased.

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Recorded At
Sweet Tea Studio, Oxford, MS; Easley Recording, Memphis, TN
Release Date
April 6, 2004
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