One Piece At A Time

Song One Piece At A Time
Artist Johnny Cash
Artist Tennessee Three
Album One Piece At A Time

Lyrics

[00:12.92] Well I left Kentucky back in '49 and
[00:15.20] Went to Detroit workin' on the assembly line
[00:17.70] The first year they had me puttin' wheels on Cadillacs
[00:22.41] Every day I'd watch them beauties roll by
[00:24.91] And sometimes I'd hang my head and cry
[00:27.25] Cuz I always wanted me one that was long and black
[00:31.91] One day I devised myself a plan
[00:34.26] That should be the envy of most any man
[00:36.92] I'd sneak it outta there in a lunchbox in my hand
[00:41.43] Now gettin' caught meant gettin' fired
[00:43.82] But I figured I'd have it all by the time I retired
[00:46.33] I'd have me a car worth at least 100 grand
[00:50.78] I'd get it one piece at a time
[00:53.17] And it wouldn't cost me a dime
[00:55.52] You'll know it's me when I come through your town
[01:00.15] I'm gonna ride around in style
[01:02.45] I'm gonna drive everybody wild
[01:04.99] Cuz I'll have the only one there is around
[01:09.79] So the very next day when I punched in
[01:12.09] With my big lunchbox and with help from my friend
[01:14.68] I left that day with a lunchbox full of gears
[01:18.98] I've never considered myself a thief
[01:21.42] But GM wouldn't miss just one little piece
[01:23.68] Especially if I strung it out over several years
[01:28.38] The first day I got me a fuel pump
[01:30.68] And the next day I got me an engine and a trunk
[01:33.08] Then I got me a transmission and all the chrome
[01:37.52] The little things I could get in my big lunchbox
[01:39.97] Like nuts and bolts and all 4 shocks
[01:42.51] But the big stuff we snuck out my buddy's mobile home
[01:47.10] Now up to now my plan went alright
[01:49.10] 'Til we tried to put it all together one night
[01:51.69] And that's when we noticed that somethin' was definitly wrong
[01:56.20] The transmission was a '53 and
[01:58.40] The motor turned out to be a '73 and
[02:01.02] When we tried to put in the bolts all the holes were gone
[02:05.47] So we drilled it out so that it would fit and
[02:07.74] With a little help from an adapter kit
[02:10.24] We had that engine runnin' just like a song
[02:14.89] Now the headlights, they was another sight
[02:16.79] We had 2 on the left and 1 on the right
[02:19.50] But when we pulled out the switch all 3 of 'em come on
[02:24.09] The back end looked kinda funny too
[02:26.14] But we put it together and when we got through
[02:28.65] Well that's when we noticed that we only had 1 tail fin
[02:33.18] About that time my wife walked out and
[02:35.49] I could see in her eyes that she had her doubts
[02:37.89] But she opened the door and said
[02:39.53] 'Honey, take me for a spin'
[02:42.82] So we drove uptown just to get the tags and
[02:44.62] I headed her right on down main drag
[02:47.82] I could hear everybody laughin' for blocks around
[02:52.12] But up there at the court house they didn't laugh
[02:54.76] Cuz to type it up it took the whole staff and
[02:56.95] When they got through the title weighed 60 pounds
[03:01.33] I'd got it one piece at a time
[03:03.74] And it didn't cost me a dime
[03:06.10] You'll know it's me when I come through your town
[03:10.45] I'm gonna ride around in style
[03:13.00] I'm gonna drive everybody wild
[03:15.42] Cuz I'll have the only one there is around
[03:21.87] Uh, yeah Red Rider this is the Cotton Mouth in the
[03:24.67] Psycho Billy Cadillac, come on
[03:28.56] Huh?
[03:30.87] Uh, this is the Cotton Mouth and neg-a-tory on the
[03:32.76] Cost of this moe-sheen there Red Rider
[03:35.40] You might say I went right up to the factory and
[03:37.46] Picked it up, it's cheaper that way
[03:40.75] Uh, what model is it?
[03:42.81] Well it's a 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59
[03:49.61] Automobile
[03:52.13] It's a 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70