Elvis Bought Dora A Cadillac - Wall Of Voodoo

It was 1957, Elvis Presley came in the

Spanish restaurant where Dora was working

Dora took the order, bussed the plates

Poured the coffee as the party ate

Col. Tom paid the check and Elvis Presley

Left the tip, a brand new Cadillac…

And the gods I loved were poor white trash

One was making wine in Canaan, the other

Tipping waitresses Cadillacs…

Twenty years later when Elvis died she parked

The Caddy in the drive with plaster statues

Lights, and stands she called her front yard

PRESLEY LAND She said he was just a poor man’s

Son who never forgot where he’d come

Now that he is dead and gone she shares

Her gift with everyone…

And the Gods I loved were poor white trash

One was making wine in Canaan, the other

Tipping waitresses Cadillacs…

The landlord had all he could stand

Better cash was close at hand

The land, the land, the land was in demand

«Down the way they’re selling German cars

British clothes to movie stars

We can kick the Spanish out for good

Rejuvenate the neighborhood.

I’m the laughing

Stock of all my friends, with that crazy old

Woman and her Presley Land…»

When she was left with nothing, she said

«They sold my house, can’t get it back

Could hardly raise the cash if I sold

My Cadillac… even if I could do that.»

And the Gods I loved were poor white trash

One was making wine in Canaan, the other

Tipping waitresses Cadillacs…