One piece at a time lyrics

Artist  : Johnny cash 
Song : One piece at a time
 



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?