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
 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
 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
 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
 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 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 adapter 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 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"
 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 courthouse they didn't laugh
 'Cause to type it up it took the whole staff
 And when they got through the title weighed 60 pounds
 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
 Ugh! Yeah, 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