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| Well, I left Kentucky back in '49 |
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| An' went to Detroit workin' on a 'sembly line |
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| The first year they had me puttin' wheels |
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| On cadillacs |
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| Every day I'd watch them beauties roll by |
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| And sometimes I'd hang my head and cry |
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| 'Cause I always wanted me one |
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| That was long and black |
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| One day I devised myself a plan |
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| That should be the envy of most any man |
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| I'd sneak it out of there in a lunchbox |
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| In my hand |
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| Now gettin' caught meant gettin' fired |
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| But I figured I'd have it all |
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| By the time I retired |
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| I'd have me a car worth at least |
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| A hundred grand |
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| I'd get it one piece at a time |
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| And it wouldn't cost me a dime |
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| You'll know it's me |
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| When I come through your town |
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| I'm gonna ride around in style |
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| I'm gonna drive everybody wild |
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| 'Cause I'll have the only one there |
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| Is a round |
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| So the very next day when I punched in |
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| With my big lunchbox and |
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| With help from my friends |
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| I left that day with a lunch box |
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| Full of gears |
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| I've never considered myself a thief |
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| But GM wouldn't miss just one little piece |
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| Especially if I strung it out over |
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| Several years |
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| The first day I got me a fuel pump |
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| And the next day I got me an |
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| Engine and a trunk |
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| Then I got me a transmission |
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| And all of the chrome |
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| The little things I could get |
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| In my big lunchbox |
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| Like nuts, an' bolts, and all four shocks |
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| But the big stuff we snuck out |
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| In my buddy's mobile home |
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| Now, up to now my plan went all right |
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| 'Til we tried to put it all |
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| Together one night |
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| And that's when we noticed that something |
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| Was definitely wrong |
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| The transmission was a '53 |
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| And the motor turned out to be a '73 |
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| And when we tried to put in the bolts |
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| All the holes were gone |
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| So we drilled it out so that it would fit |
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| And with a little bit of help |
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| With an A-daptor kit |
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| We had that engine runnin' just like a song |
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| Now the headlight' was another sight |
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| We had two on the left and one on the right |
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| But when we pulled out the switch |
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| All three of 'em come on |
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| The back end looked kinda funny too |
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| But we put it together and when we got thru |
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| Well, that's when we noticed that |
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| We only had one tail-fin |
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| About that time my wife walked out |
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| And I could see in her eyes |
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| That she had her doubts |
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| But she opened the door and said |
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| "Honey, take me for a spin." |
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| So we drove up town just to get the tags |
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| And I headed her right on down main drag |
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| I could hear everybody laughin' |
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| For blocks around |
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| But up there at the court house |
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| They didn't laugh |
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| 'Cause to type it up it took the whole staff |
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| And when they got through |
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| The title weighed sixty pounds |
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| I got it one piece at a time |
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| And it didn't cost me a dime |
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| You'll know it's me |
| F |
| When I come through your town |
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| I'm gonna ride around in style |
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| I'm gonna drive everybody wild |
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| 'Cause I'll have the only one there |
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| Is around |
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| Ugh! Yow, RED RYDER |
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| This is the COTTON MOUTH |
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| In the PSYCHO-BILLY CADILLAC Come on |
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| Huh, This is the COTTON MOUTH |
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| And negatory on the cost of this |
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| Mow-chine there RED RYDER |
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| You might say I went right up to the factory |
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| And picked it up, it's cheaper that way |
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| Ugh! what model is it? |
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| Well, It's a '49, '50, '51, '52, |
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| '53, '54, '55, '56 |
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| '57, '58' 59' automobile |
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| It's a '60, '61, '62, '63 |
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| '64, '65, '66, '67 |
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| '68, '69, '70 automobile. |
| Bridge: |
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| Ending: |
| F C F Bb x2 |
