[CURTIS]
Big
As in large
As in huge
As in mine is better than yours
Now, once upon a time, the Cadillac car represented the highest classes in America:
The pure unstained WASP
They never worried about the costs, no
Then the Cadillac car was bought by the rising Jews to show they were just as good and part of the scheme
Now we've got the Cadillac taken over by our Negro brother to prove he, too, belongs
In the American dream
Look, I'm tryin' to tell you
[JIMMY, spoken]
You better hurry up, baby.
[CURTIS]
I'm tryin' to tell you thus:
If the big white man can make us think we need his Cadillac to make us feel as good as him
We can make him think he needs our music to make him feel as good as us
[JIMMY & C.C.]
We'll make him feel as good as us
[CURTIS]
But it's not as easy as it may sound
You got to get a smoother sound
[C.C.]
Got to get a smoother sound
[JIMMY]
Got to get a
[CURTIS, C.C., & JIMMY]
Smoo-oo-oo-oo-oother sound
[CURTIS]
This man here's got obvious style
You can tell by his music and his dazzling smile
[C.C.]
Now, I like Sinatra, jazz and the blues
[JIMMY]
And I like Gospel and "Blue Suede Shoes"
[CURTIS]
And I like modern sounds that catch your ear
There are so many sounds we love to hear
[JIMMY & C.C.]
There are so many sounds we love to hear
[CURTIS & BAND]
There are so many sounds we love to hear
[CURTIS, JIMMY & C.C. & BAND]
There are so many sounds we love to hear
[CURTIS]
We'll blend them all in
[JIMMY, C.C. & BAND]
We'll blend them all in
[CURTIS]
The more you put in
The more you can win
[JIMMY, C.C. & BAND]
The more you can win
[WAYNE, spoken]
Record Cadillac Car:
(Special Edition only)
James Thunder Early and the Dreamettes.
[JIMMY]
Oh
Got me a Cadillac
[DREAMETTES]
Cadillac Cadillac
[JIMMY]
I've got me a Cadillac car
[DREAMETTES]
Ooh, ooh
[JIMMY]
Baby, I got me a Cadillac
[DREAMETTES]
Cadillac, Cadillac
[JIMMY]
Oh look at me, mister, I'm a star
[DREAMETTES]
Ooh, ooh
[CURTIS, spoken]
Our record's number 58!
[THE DREAMETTES]
Move me, move me, move me right to the top
[WAYNE, spoken]
Our record's number 47!
[THE DREAMETTES]
Move me, move me, move me right to the top
[MARTY, spoken]
We're number 32!
[THE DREAMETTES]
Move me, move me, move me right to the top
[C.C., spoken]
We're number 27!
[THE DREAMETTES]
Move me, move me, move me right to the top
[THE SWEETHEARTS]
Oo ee oo oo
[DAVE]
Got me a Cadillac Cadillac Cadillac
[THE SWEETHEARTS]
Oo ee oo oo
[DAVE]
Got me a Cadillac car
Oh, I've got me a Cadillac Cadillac Cadillac
[THE SWEETHEARTS]
Oo ee oo oo
[DAVE]
Look at me, mister, I'm a star
Look at me, mister, I'm a star
[THE SWEETHEARTS]
Ooh ooh
[DAVE]
Look at me, mister
[THE SWEETHEARTS]
Ooh
[DAVE]
I'm a
[DAVE & THE SWEETHEARTS]
Star
