[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [00:00.00]Artist: Cash Johnny [00:04.13]Song: One Piece At A Time [00:06.10]Album: The Essential Johnny Cash [00:08.41] [00:11.07]Well, I left Kentucky back in '49 [00:16.11]An' went to Detroit workin' on a 'sembly line [00:18.55]The first year they had me puttin' wheels on cadillacs [00:21.64] [00:23.10]Every day I'd watch them beauties roll by [00:25.86]And sometimes I'd hang my head and cry [00:28.13]'Cause I always wanted me one that was long and black. [00:32.50] [00:33.58]One day I devised myself a plan [00:35.76]That should be the envy of most any man [00:38.08]I'd sneak it out of there in a lunchbox in my hand [00:42.16]Now gettin' caught meant gettin' fired [00:45.26]But I figured I'd have it all by the time I retired [00:47.16]I'd have me a car worth at least a hundred grand. [00:50.52] [00:51.07]CHORUS [00:51.71]I'd get it one piece at a time [00:53.66]And it wouldn't cost me a dime [00:56.12]You'll know it's me when I come through your town [00:59.29]I'm gonna ride around in style [01:03.07]I'm gonna drive everybody wild [01:05.80]'Cause I'll have the only one there is a round. [01:09.09] [01:10.63]So the very next day when I punched in [01:13.71]With my big lunchbox and with help from my friends [01:16.18]I left that day with a lunch box full of gears [01:18.47]Now, I never considered myself a thief [01:23.71]GM wouldn't miss just one little piece [01:25.35]Especially if I strung it out over several years. [01:28.80] [01:29.87]The first day I got me a fuel pump [01:34.28]And the next day I got me an engine and a trunk [01:35.58]Then I got me a transmission and all of the chrome [01:39.24]The little things I could get in my big lunchbox [01:42.24]Like nuts, an' bolts, and all four shocks [01:44.69]But the big stuff we snuck out in my buddy's mobile home. [01:47.72] [01:49.34]Now, up to now my plan went all right [01:51.94]'Til we tried to put it all together one night [01:53.98]And that's when we noticed that something was definitely wrong. [01:57.34] [01:58.45]The transmission was a '53 [02:01.40]And the motor turned out to be a '73 [02:03.81]And when we tried to put in the bolts all the holes were gone. [02:07.89] [02:09.16]So we drilled it out so that it would fit [02:11.09]And with a little bit of help with an A-daptor kit [02:13.08]We had that engine runnin' just like a song [02:15.90]Now the headlight' was another sight [02:20.06]We had two on the left and one on the right [02:22.49]But when we pulled out the switch all three of 'em come on. [02:26.57] [02:27.31]The back end looked kinda funny too [02:29.92]But we put it together and when we got thru [02:32.30]Well, that's when we noticed that we only had one tail-fin [02:36.40]About that time my wife walked out [02:39.46]And I could see in her eyes that she had her doubts [02:41.70]But she opened the door and said "Honey, take me for a spin." [02:45.60] [02:46.12]So we drove up town just to get the tags [02:49.57]And I headed her right on down main drag [02:51.29]I could hear everybody laughin' for blocks around [02:53.65]But up there at the court house they didn't laugh [02:58.78]'Cause to type it up it took the whole staff [03:00.76]And when they got through the title weighed sixty pounds. [03:04.55] [03:05.04]CHORUS [03:05.58]I got it one piece at a time [03:07.47]And it didn't cost me a dime [03:10.00]You'll know it's me when I come through your town [03:12.83]I'm gonna ride around in style [03:17.43]I'm gonna drive everybody wild [03:19.61]'Cause I'll have the only one there is around. [03:23.52] [03:24.91](Spoken) Ugh! Yow, RED RYDER [03:27.93]This is the COTTON MOUTH [03:29.91]In the PSYCHO-BILLY CADILLAC Come on [03:34.28]Huh, This is the COTTON MOUTH [03:34.95] [03:36.39]And negatory on the cost of this mow-chine there RED RYDER [03:40.74]You might say I went right up to the factory [03:44.15]And picked it up, it's cheaper that way [03:51.75]Ugh!, what model is it? [03:55.07]