Earl's Dead - Cadillac for Sale

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Earl's dead – Cadillac for sale An Eldorado sits out on the Tamiami Trail Sign on the windshield tells the whole tale Earl's dead – Cadillac for sale He was a circus man when they first met He was fired from a cannon into a net The money was good he always hit the bullseye Savin' for the car one day he would buy No, he wasn't thinkin' of some average ride A human cannonball has a lot of pride If you're gonna live large you need a hydramatic Eldorado Biarritz for this wild acrobatic And Earl's is red with shark-like fins And that is where this little love tale begins The rear view mirror puts it all in scale Earl's dead – Cadillac for sale She was an Everglades girl, partly Seminole With an urge for goin', and a wanderin' soul With a name like Moonvine she knew she'd never stay That handsome human bullet stole her heart away It was a Saturday night after the midnight show She was starin' at the car when he said "hello" Didn't take too much to move her off the reservation Just a good lookin' boy with the right transportation And now Earl is wed, Moonvine's got her veil They're towin' that cannon down the Tamiami Trail He's got the talent, she's got brains Earl and Moonvine, left the land of sugar cane So they drove down to Panama and back up to Maine Had so much fun, hell, they did it again Crossing cities off the map as they shot down the road Knowin' towin' a cannon, things could explode Now a Cadillac was always an Elvis thing Polished chrome and gold it was the birth of bling They came with personality they made you a star God may have made the earth But man made that car Now all the way back to the time of James Dean Car crash songs chewed up heroes and machines Sick minds, stop signs and uncontrolled swerves But Early and his Caddy could handle killer curves So when the big top folded, Early took his last drive Moonvine kissed her boy goodbye, his exit had arrived She shot his ashes 'cross the Gulf from that ancient rusty gun Nomads know when the show is done And Earl's dead, he's been airmailed And that Eldorado's waitin' on the Tamiami Trail For some shameless entertainer to blow in like a gale Earl's dead – Cadillac for sale Earl's dead, Earl's dead