Artist: Johnny Cash
Track: One Piece at a Time
Lyrics
Well, I left Kentucky back in forty nine
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.
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 with help from my friends
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 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 fifty three
And the motor turned out to be a seventy three
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 adapter 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 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 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
I got 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
Ugh! Yeah, 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
Full Lyrics and Meaning
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Johnny Cash - One Piece at a Time Lyrics
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How many times have. You heard someone say. If I had his money. I could do things my way. But little they know. That it's so hard to find. One rich man in ...
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Genius Meanings
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Johnny Cash – One Piece at a Time
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One Piece at a Time Lyrics: Well, I left Kentucky back in '49 / And went to Detroit working on assembly line / The first year they had me putting wheels on ...
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Johnny Cash – In A Young Girl's Mind
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[Verse 1] / Hand me my guitar, there's a song that I was singing / Back when I was young and I had a good time / Looking for love in the misty waters / Of the seas that roll in a
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This song, originally written and performed by Nine Inch Nails, is of disputed meaning: is it about self harm, doing heroin, or both? Either way, no matter if it reflects Cash’s
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Johnny Cash – Love Has Lost Again
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[Verse 1] / I guess we're over / And it's all been said before / But I still want you / Though there's no reason anymore / I can't remember / When you and I began / It makes no
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Johnny Cash – Daughter Of A Railroad Man
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[Verse 1] / Leaving in a cloud of burning cinders / Cinders from a fire of love gone out / Never looking back when she's highballing / She's the daughter of a railroad man, no
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Johnny Cash – Mountain Lady
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[Verse 1] / Mountain lady / Do you sit on your front porch in the cool of the day? / Mountain lady / Did you think your kids would ever come back to stay? / Mountain lady / Does
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Johnny Cash – Michigan City Howdy Do
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[Verse 1] / Well, Johnson Van Dyke Grigsby was paroled at eighty-nine / He never walked on a carpet, never tasted dinner wine / His old eyes were slowly fading as he walked out of
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Johnny Cash – I Hung My Head
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A Johnny Cash’s cover of Sting’s hit “I Hung My Head”, off American IV.
American IV: The Man Comes Around is the last studio album released by Cash when he was still alive.
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Johnny Cash – Hung My Head
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Early one morning / With time to kill / I borrowed Jebb's rifle / And sat on a hill / I saw a lone rider / Crossing the plain / I drew a bead on him / To practice my aim / My
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Johnny Cash – Sold Out Of Flagpoles
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[Verse 1] / I walked down past the courthouse square / Three blocks or maybe four / Run into my old friend there / That runs a handy hardware store / I said, "Morning, Lonnie, what
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I could lie here forever, listen to the falling rain / I didn't think I would ever get touched this way again / Until you came, you smiled at me and rolled away the years / Back to
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