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Song title: Cadillac ranch


Cadillac ranch

Well there she sits buddy just a-gleaming in the sun
There to greet a working man when his day is done
I’m gonna pack my pa and I’m gonna pack my aunt
I’m gonna take them down to the Cadillac Ranch

Eldorado fins, whitewalls and skirts
Rides just like a little bit of heaven here on earth
Well buddy when I die throw my body in the back
And drive me to the junkyard in my Cadillac

Cadillac, Cadillac
Long and dark shiny and black
Open up your engines let `em roar
Tearing up the highway like a big old dinosaur

James Dean in that Mercury `49
Junior Johnson runnin’ through the woods of Caroline
Even Burt Reynolds in that black Trans Am
All gonna meet down at the Cadillac Ranch

Cadillac, Cadillac...
Hey little girlie in the blue jeans so tight
Drivin’ alone through the Wisconsin night
You’re my last love you’re my last chance
Don’t let `em take me to the Cadillac Ranch

Notes: Out-take version is so identical to the released one not to deserve separate inclusion.

Statistics from the KILLING FLOOR (www.brucespringsteen.it) database

Published on the following official releases:

First known live performance: 03/10/1980 Chrysler Arena, Ann Arbor,MI ,USA
Last known live performance: 04/02/2017 AAMI Park, Melbourne ,Australia

Song 'history':


Published on the double album THE RIVER, in 1980
Performed quite every night of the River tour, with only two absences
Played each night of the Born in the U.S.A. tour
The song (in live version) was then included in the 'LIVE 1975-85' box set
Played during the '1987 bar tour', which is the name under which I group the 1987 shows Bruce played with various small bands, or guesting, in small NJ clubs.
15 perfomances were given during the Tunnel of Love tour
Performed 20 times during the 1988 Amnesty International tour
In 1996 Sony released the BLOOD BROTHERS video (and mini-CD), which included also this song
Played during the Reunion tour (17 times)
Bruce inserted it 12 times in the setlists of the Rising tour
Not much used during the Devils and Dust tour, deserving only 4 renderings
Played during the rehearsals for the We shall overcome / The Seeger session tour, in Mar/Apr 2006.
Just 4 shots during the The Seeger Session tour
Played during the Magic tour (12 times)
12 perfomances were given during the Working on a Dream tour
The Wrecking Ball tour counted 12 apparitions of this song
Not much used during the High Hopes tour, deserving only 5 renderings
Published in live version in the DVD: 'Tempe 80' of 'THE TIES THAT BIND'
A discrete number of performances (47) was given during the 2016 The River tour
Performed 1 times during the 2017 Summer tour

The song was also played in informal happenings or off-tour appearances
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database