One Piece At A Time

One Piece At A Time Lyrics

Song One Piece At A Time
Artist Johnny Cash
Album The Man In Black
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[ti:one piece at a time]
[ar:johny cash]
[00:07.320] Well,I left Kentucky back in '49
[00:13.400] An'went to Detroit workin'on a 'sembly line
[00:17.340] The first year they had me puttin'wheels on cadillacs
[00:19.390] Every day I'd watch them beauties roll by
[00:23.730] And sometimes I'd hang my head and cry
[00:26.250] 'Cause I always wanted me one that was long and black.
[00:31.380] One day I devised myself a plan
[00:33.250] That should be the envy of most any man
[00:36.740] I'd sneak it out of there in a lunchbox in my hand
[00:39.60] Now gettin'caught meant gettin'fired
[00:42.180] But I figured I'd have it all by the time I retired
[00:45.150] I'd have me a car worth at least a hundred grand.
[00:49.600]CHORUS]
[00:50.350] I'd get it one piece at a time
[00:52.180] And it wouldn't cost me a dime
[00:53.750] You'll know it's me when I come through your town
[01:00.10] I'm gonna ride around in style
[01:01.650] I'm gonna drive everybody wild
[01:02.960] 'Cause I'll have the only one there is a round.
[01:09.300] So the very next day when I punched in
[01:10.980] With my big lunchbox and with help from my friends
[01:12.980] I left that day with a lunch box full of gears
[01:18.800] Now,I never considered myself a thief
[01:20.470] GM wouldn't miss just one little piece
[01:22.360] Especially if I strung it out over several years.
[01:25.120] The first day I got me a fuel pump
[01:27.710] And the next day I got me an engine and a trunk
[01:32.510] Then I got me a transmission and all of the chrome
[01:37.10] The little things I could get in my big lunchbox
[01:39.90] Like nuts,an'bolts,and all four shocks
[01:40.970] But the big stuff we snuck out in my buddy's mobile home.
[01:44.580] Now,up to now my plan went all right
[01:48.560] 'Til we tried to put it all together one night
[01:51.10] And that's when we noticed that something was definitely wrong.
[01:53.200] The transmission was a '53
[01:57.150] And the motor turned out to be a '73
[02:01.120] And when we tried to put in the bolts all the holes were gone.
[02:04.480] So we drilled it out so that it would fit
[02:07.480] And with a little bit of help with an A-daptor kit
[02:09.390] We had that engine runnin'just like a song
[02:13.860] Now the headlight'was another sight
[02:15.240] We had two on the left and one on the right
[02:18.830] But when we pulled out the switch all three of 'em come on.
[02:21.900] The back end looked kinda funny too
[02:25.550] But we put it together and when we got thru
[02:28.500] Well,that's when we noticed that we only had one tail-fin
[02:30.610] About that time my wife walked out
[02:35.180] And I could see in her eyes that she had her doubts
[02:37.850] But she opened the door and said "Honey,take me for a spin."
[02:40.270] So we drove up town just to get the tags
[02:44.410] And I headed her right on down main drag
[02:46.560] I could hear everybody laughin'for blocks around
[02:49.200] But up there at the court house they didn't laugh
[02:53.560] 'Cause to type it up it took the whole staff
[02:56.230] And when they got through the title weighed sixty pounds.
[02:59.80]CHORUS]
[02:59.460] I got it one piece at a time
[03:02.120] And it didn't cost me a dime
[03:03.930] You'll know it's me when I come through your town
[03:08.00] I'm gonna ride around in style
[03:11.260] I'm gonna drive everybody wild
[03:13.120] 'Cause I'll have the only one there is around.
[03:17.950]Spoken] Ugh!Yow,RED RYDER
[03:22.640] This is the COTTON MOUTH
[03:23.890] In the PSYCHO-BILLY CADILLAC Come on
[03:25.710] Huh,This is the COTTON MOUTH
[03:29.830] And negatory on the cost of this mow-chine there RED RYDER
[03:34.610] You might say I went right up to the factory
[03:36.880] And picked it up,it's cheaper that way
[03:38.710] Ugh!,what model is it?
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