| Daddy Never Was the Cadillac Kind | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Confederate Railroad |
| Album: | Notorious |
| B-Side: | Jesus and Mama |
| Released: | March 12, 1994 |
| Recorded: | 1993 |
| Genre: | Country, country rock |
| Length: | 3:43 |
| Label: | Atlantic |
| Producer: | Barry Beckett |
| Prev Title: | She Never Cried |
| Prev Year: | 1993 |
| Next Title: | Elvis and Andy |
| Next Year: | 1994 |
"Daddy Never Was the Cadillac Kind" is a song written by Dave Gibson and Bernie Nelson, and recorded by American country music band Confederate Railroad. It was released in 1994 as the lead-off single from their album Notorious. It peaked at number 9 the United States,[1] and number 7 in Canada. It is their last top ten in the United States.
The song is about the narrator's father, who rejects the concepts of material wealth when his son purchases a Cadillac automobile. In the final verse, the father dies and his body is driven off in the same Cadillac to his burial site.[2]
The music video was directed by Martin Kahan, and is entirely in black and white.