Mike, it's "One Piece At a Time"

One Piece At A Time
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 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.

[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?

His cover of NIN's Hurt
I Walk The Line

And for the other JC Fans here, this is a list I found of his songs. The
man was around a LOOOOONG time and obviously pretty prolific!

Johnny Cash Lyrics
All our collection on one page, alphabetically

25 Minutes To Go
A Boy Named Sue
Ballad Of A Teenage Queen
Big River
Bird On A Wire
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Country Boy
Country Trash
Cry, Cry, Cry
Daddy Sang Bass
Delia's Gone
Desperado
Dirty Old Egg-Suckin' Dog
Don't Take Your Guns To Town
Down There By The Train
Drive On
First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Five Feet High And Rising
Flesh And Blood
Folsom Prison Blues
Get Rhythm
Give My Love To Rose
Green, Green Grass Of Home
Guess Things Happen That Way
Hey Porter
Highwayman
Hurt
I Got Stripes
I Hung My Head
I Never Picked Cotton
I See A Darkness
I Still Miss Someone
I Walk The Line
I Won't Back Down
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
I've Been Everywhere
If I Were A Carpenter
In My Life
In The Jailhouse Now
It Ain't Me, Babe
Jackson
Kneeling Drunkards Plea
Let The Train Blow The Whistle
Like A Soldier
Man In Black
Mary Of The Wild Moor
Mean Eyed Cat
Meet Me In Heaven
Memories Are Made Of This
Oh, Bury Me Not
One
One Piece At A Time
Orange Blossom Special
Personal Jesus
Ragged Old Flag
Redemption
Ring Of Fire
Rowboat
Rusty Cage
Sam Hall
San Quentin
Sea Of Heartbreak
Solitary Man
Southern Accents
Spiritual
Starkville City Jail
Streets Of Laredo
Sunday Morning Coming Down
Tear Stained Letter
Tennessee Flat-Top Box
Tennessee Stud
That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)
The Ballad Of Ira Hayes
The Beast In Me
The Man Who Couldn't Cry
The Night Hank Williams Came To Town
The One On The Right Is On The Left
The One Rose
The Rebel-Johnny Yuma
There You Go
Thirteen
Unchained
Understand Your Man
Wanted Man
Wayfaring Stranger
Why Me Lord
Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone)
Wreck Of The Old '97

Mike, that song was "One Piece At A Time"

Here are the lyrics:

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 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.

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.

ah maybe PINK CADILLAC

Oops! Sorry, we got crossed up on that. Yikes!

well he did 2 sing pink cadillac or was it aretha franklin? nope maybe
whats her name....

anyway i saw the man in black one time on the grapevine near
bakersfield, ca. he ws not dying his hair anymore, and it was gray. he
still looked the same.
then, i saw willie nelson in ventura, ca. and boy did he have a beak on
him.

I read somewhere that Johnny Cash ALWAYS bought his wife those "glow in
the dark bras," he likes them better than any other bra out there.!!



OH IT'S GREAT TO BE HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Glow in the dark bras are the only way to go!! Welcome home Fine sis!!

Thanks sis, love to you

DELIAS GONE

AND HIS VERSION OF SOLITARY MAN