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One Piece At a Time by Johnny Cash
F Well I left Kentucky back in '49, I went to DeBbtroit workin on assembly line. The fiCrst year they had me puttin wheels on CadillFacs. Every day I'd watch them beauties roll by and sBbometimes I'd hang my head and cry, cause I alCways wanted me one that was long and blFack. One day I devised myself a plan that should Bbbe the envy of most any man, I'd snCeak it out of there in a lunch box in my hFand. Now, gettin caught meant gettin fired, but I fiBbgured I'd have it all by the time I retired. I'd hCave me a car worth at least a hundred grFand. I'd get it one piece at a time and it wouBbldn't cost me a dime, you'll kCnow it's me when I come through your tFown. I'm gonna ride around in style, I'm gonna drBbive everybody wild, cause I'll hCave the only one there is aroFund.
So the very next day when I punched in with my big lunch box and with help from a friend, 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 lunch box like nuts and bolts and all four shocks, but the big stuff I snuck out in my buddy's mobile home. Now, up to now my plan went all right till we tried to put it all together one night, and that's when we noticed that somethin was definitely wrong. The transmission was a '53 and 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 adaptor kit, we had that engine runnin just like a song. The back Now, the headlights, they was another sight, we had two on the left and one on the right, but we pulled out the switch and all three of them came 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 we headed right on down main drag, I could hear everybody laughing for blocks around. Up there at the courthouse, they didn't laugh because 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, 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 only one there is around. ........ 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