Well I left Kentucky back in '49 And went to Detroit workin' on assembly 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 the help of a friend I left that day with the lunchbox 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 trump Then I got me a transmission and all the chrome The little things I could get in my big lunchbox Like nuts and bolts and four shocks But the big stuff we snuck out in my buddy's mobile home
Now up to now my plan went alright Till we tried to put it altogether one night And that's when we noticed that something was definitelly 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 from an adopter kit We had that engine runnin' 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
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 tailfin 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 uptown just to get the tax And I headed to 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 sixty pounds
I got it one piece at a time...
Oh yeah Red Rider this is the Cotton Mouth in this psychobilly Cadillac come on Oh now this is the Cotton Mouth 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 Oh 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
