Well I left Kentucky back in '49 and Went to Detroit workin' on the 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 Cuz 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 outta 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 100 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 Cuz 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 friend I left that day with a 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 trunk 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 all 4 shocks But the big stuff we snuck out my buddy's mobile home Now up to now my plan went alright 'Til we tried to put it all together one night And that's when we noticed that somethin' was definitly 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 help from an adapter kit We had that engine runnin' just like a song Now the headlights, they was another sight We had 2 on the left and 1 on the right But when we pulled out the switch all 3 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 1 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 uptown 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 Cuz to type it up it took the whole staff and When they got through the title weighed 60 pounds I'd 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 Cuz I'll have the only one there is around Uh, yeah Red Rider this is the Cotton Mouth in the Psycho Billy Cadillac, come on Huh? Uh, this is the Cotton Mouth and neg-a-tory on the Cost of this moe-sheen there Red Rider You might say I went right up to the factory and Picked it up, it's cheaper that way Uh, 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
[00:12.92]Well I left Kentucky back in '49 and [00:15.20]Went to Detroit workin' on the assembly line [00:17.70]The first year they had me puttin' wheels on Cadillacs [00:22.41]Every day I'd watch them beauties roll by [00:24.91]And sometimes I'd hang my head and cry [00:27.25]Cuz I always wanted me one that was long and black [00:31.91]One day I devised myself a plan [00:34.26]That should be the envy of most any man [00:36.92]I'd sneak it outta there in a lunchbox in my hand [00:41.43]Now gettin' caught meant gettin' fired [00:43.82]But I figured I'd have it all by the time I retired [00:46.33]I'd have me a car worth at least 100 grand [00:50.78]I'd get it one piece at a time [00:53.17]And it wouldn't cost me a dime [00:55.52]You'll know it's me when I come through your town [01:00.15]I'm gonna ride around in style [01:02.45]I'm gonna drive everybody wild [01:04.99]Cuz I'll have the only one there is around [01:09.79]So the very next day when I punched in [01:12.09]With my big lunchbox and with help from my friend [01:14.68]I left that day with a lunchbox full of gears [01:18.98]I've never considered myself a thief [01:21.42]But GM wouldn't miss just one little piece [01:23.68]Especially if I strung it out over several years [01:28.38]The first day I got me a fuel pump [01:30.68]And the next day I got me an engine and a trunk [01:33.08]Then I got me a transmission and all the chrome [01:37.52]The little things I could get in my big lunchbox [01:39.97]Like nuts and bolts and all 4 shocks [01:42.51]But the big stuff we snuck out my buddy's mobile home [01:47.10]Now up to now my plan went alright [01:49.10]'Til we tried to put it all together one night [01:51.69]And that's when we noticed that somethin' was definitly wrong [01:56.20]The transmission was a '53 and [01:58.40]The motor turned out to be a '73 and [02:01.02]When we tried to put in the bolts all the holes were gone [02:05.47]So we drilled it out so that it would fit and [02:07.74]With a little help from an adapter kit [02:10.24]We had that engine runnin' just like a song [02:14.89]Now the headlights, they was another sight [02:16.79]We had 2 on the left and 1 on the right [02:19.50]But when we pulled out the switch all 3 of 'em come on [02:24.09]The back end looked kinda funny too [02:26.14]But we put it together and when we got through [02:28.65]Well that's when we noticed that we only had 1 tail fin [02:33.18]About that time my wife walked out and [02:35.49]I could see in her eyes that she had her doubts [02:37.89]But she opened the door and said [02:39.53]'Honey, take me for a spin' [02:42.82]So we drove uptown just to get the tags and [02:44.62]I headed her right on down main drag [02:47.82]I could hear everybody laughin' for blocks around [02:52.12]But up there at the court house they didn't laugh [02:54.76]Cuz to type it up it took the whole staff and [02:56.95]When they got through the title weighed 60 pounds [03:01.33]I'd got it one piece at a time [03:03.74]And it didn't cost me a dime [03:06.10]You'll know it's me when I come through your town [03:10.45]I'm gonna ride around in style [03:13.00]I'm gonna drive everybody wild [03:15.42]Cuz I'll have the only one there is around [03:21.87]Uh, yeah Red Rider this is the Cotton Mouth in the [03:24.67]Psycho Billy Cadillac, come on [03:28.56]Huh? [03:30.87]Uh, this is the Cotton Mouth and neg-a-tory on the [03:32.76]Cost of this moe-sheen there Red Rider [03:35.40]You might say I went right up to the factory and [03:37.46]Picked it up, it's cheaper that way [03:40.75]Uh, what model is it? [03:42.81]Well it's a 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 [03:49.61]Automobile [03:52.13]It's a 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70
