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capo 1 — sounds a semitone higherIntro
Verse 1
Well I left Kentucky back in '49
And went to Detroit working on assembly line
The first year they had me putting wheels on Cadillac's
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
Verse 2
One day I devised myself a plan
That should be the envy of most any man
I'd sneak it outta there in a lunch box in my hand
Now getting caught meant getting 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 around
Verse 3
So the very next day when I punched in
With my big lunch box and with help from my friends
I left that day with a lunch-box full of gears
I've never considered myself a thief
But GM wouldn't miss just one little piece
Especially if I strung it out over several years
Verse 4
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 the chrome
The little things I could get in my big lunch box
Like nuts and bolts and all four shocks
But the big stuff we snuck out in my buddy's mobile home
Verse 5
Now up to now my plan went alright
Till 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
Verse 6
So we drilled it out so that it would fit
And with a little bit of help from an adapter kit
We had that engine running just like a song
Now the headlights they 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
Verse 7
The back end looked kind of funny too
But we put it together and when we got through
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
Verse 8
So we drove uptown just to get the tags
And I headed her right on down main drag
I could hear everybody laughing for blocks around
But up there at the courthouse 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'd 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
Ourtro Spoken
Ah yeah Red Rider this is the Cottonmouth
In the Psychobilly Cadillac come on
Oh this is the Cottonmouth and negatory
On the cost of this machine there Red Rider
You might say I went right up to the factory and picked it up
It's cheaper that way...
Ah what model it is?
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
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