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.
Published on the following official releases:
- THE RIVER (Album,1980)
- SHERRY DARLING / CADILLAC RANCH (7 in.,1981)
- CADILLAC RANCH / WRECK ON THE HIGHWAY (7 in.,1981)
- CADILLAC RANCH / BE TRUE (7 in.,1981)
- AS REQUESTED AROUND THE WORLD (LP,1981)
- BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN SAMPLER (LP,1983)
- LIVE 1975-1985 (Album,1986)
- LIVE 1975-1985 SAMPLER (LP,1986)
- LIVE 1975-1985 SAMPLER (ARMED FORCES) (LP,1986)
- BLOOD BROTHERS (Album,1996)
- THE TIES THAT BIND : TEMPE 1980 (Album,2015)
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 pratically 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.
Played during the Tunnel of Love tour (15 times)
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)
12 perfomances were given during 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
12 perfomances were given during the Magic tour
Bruce inserted it 12 times in the setlists of the Working on a Dream tour
Bruce inserted it 12 times in the setlists of the Wrecking Ball tour
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