Well, I left Kentucky back in `49
An` went to Detroit workin` on a `sembly line
The first year they had me puttin` wheels on cadillacs
Every day I`d watch them beauties roll by
And sometimes I`d hang my head and cry
`Cause I always wanted me one that was long and black.
One day I devised myself a plan
That should be the envy of most any man
I`d sneak it out of there in a lunchbox in my hand
Now gettin` caught meant gettin` fired
But I figured I`d have it all by the time I retired
I`d have me a car worth at least a hundred grand.
CHORUS
I`d get it one piece at a time
And it wouldn`t cost me a dime
You`ll know it`s me when I come through your town
I`m gonna ride around in style
I`m gonna drive everybody wild
`Cause I`ll have the only one there is a round.
So the very next day when I punched in
With my big lunchbox and with help from my friends
I left that day with a lunch box full of gears
Now, I never considered myself a thief
GM wouldn`t miss just one little piece
Especially if I strung it out over several years.
The first day I got me a fuel pump
And the next day I got me an engine and a trunk
Then I got me a transmission and all of the chrome
The little things I could get in my big lunchbox
Like nuts, an` bolts, and all four shocks
But the big stuff we snuck out in my buddy`s mobile home.
Now, up to now my plan went all right
`Til we tried to put it all together one night
And that`s when we noticed that something was definitely wrong.
The transmission was a `53
And the motor turned out to be a `73
And when we tried to put in the bolts all the holes were gone.
So we drilled it out so that it would fit
And with a little bit of help with an A-daptor kit
We had that engine runnin` just like a song
Now the headlight` was another sight
We had two on the left and one on the right
But when we pulled out the switch all three of `em come on.
The back end looked kinda funny too
But we put it together and when we got thru
Well, that`s when we noticed that we only had one tail-fin
About that time my wife walked out
And I could see in her eyes that she had her doubts
But she opened the door and said Honey, take me for a spin.
So we drove up town just to get the tags
And I headed her right on down main drag
I could hear everybody laughin` for blocks around
But up there at the court house they didn`t laugh
`Cause to type it up it took the whole staff
And when they got through the title weighed sixty pounds.
CHORUS
I got it one piece at a time
And it didn`t cost me a dime
You`ll know it`s me when I come through your town
I`m gonna ride around in style
I`m gonna drive everybody wild
`Cause I`ll have the only one there is around.
(Spoken) Ugh! Yow, RED RYDER
This is the COTTON MOUTH
In the PSYCHO-BILLY CADILLAC Come on
Huh, This is the COTTON MOUTH
And negatory on the cost of this mow-chine there RED RYDER
You might say I went right up to the factory
And picked it up, it`s cheaper that way
Ugh!, what model is it?
Well, It`s a `49, `50, `51, `52, `53, `54, `55, `56
`57, `58` 59` automobile
It`s a `60, `61, `62, `63, `64, `65, `66, `67
`68, `69, `70 automobile.
