Well I left Kentucky back in '49
Went to Detroit working on assembly lines
The first year they had me puttin' wheels on Caddillacs
Every day I watched them beauties roll by
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 lunch box in my hand
Now, gettin' caught meant gettin' fired
But I figured I'd have it by the time I retired
So I'd get 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 was me when I come through your town
I'm gonna drive 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 lunch box and the help of my friend
I left that day with a lunch box full of gear
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
So the first day I got me a fuel pump
The next day I got me an engine and a trunk
Then I got me a transmission and all the chrome
Little things I could get in my big lunch box
Like nuts and bolts and all four shocks
But the big stuff we snuck out in my buddies 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
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 from my adapter kit
We had that engine runnin' just like a song
And now the headlights they was another sight
We had two on the left and one on the right
And when we pulled out the switch all three of them went on
The back end looked kinda funny too
But we put it together and we got through
Well that's when we noticed we only had one tail fin
Yeah and about this time my wife walked out
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 right down the 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 took the whole staff
And when we got through the title weighed 60 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 have the only one there is around
Uh, yeah, Red-rider, this is the Cottonmouth in the psycho-billy-Cadillac, come on
This is the Cottonmouth, negatory on the cost of this machine there
Red-rider, you might say I went right up to the factory and picked it up
Yeah, it's cheaper that way
(Woooo, what is it, Michelle?) Aw, what model is it?
It is a '49,'50,'51,'52,'53,'54,'55,'56,'57,'58,'59 automobile
It is a '60,'61,'62,'63,'64,'65,'66,'67,'68,'69,'70 automobile
It is a '71,'72,'73,'74,'75,'76,'77,'78,'79...