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 robot walked out 

And I could see in it's eyes that it had it's doubts 

But it opened the door and said "Destroy all humans." 



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? 



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.