This song was written when gas first went over a dolllar a gallon and people were trading in their big American cars for smaller Japanese ones.
The Cadillac Ranch is a metaphor for death, not an old folks home. The little girlie in the blue jeans so tight is the singer's last chance at love but she dies before the singer does, crashing somewhere, alone, in the Wisconsin night.
This song was written when gas first went over a dolllar a gallon and people were trading in their big American cars for smaller Japanese ones.
The Cadillac Ranch is a metaphor for death, not an old folks home. The little girlie in the blue jeans so tight is the singer's last chance at love but she dies before the singer does, crashing somewhere, alone, in the Wisconsin night.