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Well, I ^Eleft Kentucky back in '49 And went to ^ADetroit workin' on assembly line. The ^B7first year they had me puttin' wheels on Cadil^E-lacs.

Ev'ry day I'd watch them beauties roll by,

And ^Asometimes I'd hang my head and cry. 'Cause I ^B7always wanted me one that was long and^E black. One ^Eday I devised myself a plan That should^A be the envy of 'most any man. I'd ^B7sneak it outta there in a luch box in my ^Ehand.

Now gettin' caught meant gettin' fired,

But I ^Afigured I'd have it all by the time I retired. I'd ^B7have me a car worth at least a hundred^E grand. I'd get it ^Eone piece at a time and it^A wouldn't cost me a dime. You'd ^B7know it's me when I come through your ^Etown. I'm gonna ride around in style, I'm gonna^A drive ev'rybody wild. 'Cause I'll ^B7have the only one there is a^E-round. So, the ^Every next day when I punced in, With my ^Abig lunch box and with help from my friends, I ^B7left that day with a lunchbox full of^E gears.

I've never considered myself a thief,

But G-^AM wouldn't miss just one little piece. Es-^B7pecially if I strung it out over several^E years. The ^Efirst day I got me a fuel pump And the ^Anext day I got me an engine and a trunk. Then ^B7I got me a transmission and all the^E chrome.

The little things I could get in my big lunch box,

Like ^Anuts and bolts and all four shocks. ^B7But the big stuff we snuck out in my buddy'^Es mobile home. Now, ^Eup to now my plan went alright, Till we ^Atried to put it all together one night. And ^B7that's when we noticed that something was definitely^E wrong. The transmission was a '53, and the^A motor turned out to be a '73, And ^B7when we tried to put in the bolts all the holes were^E gone.

So, we drilled it out so that it would fit,

And with a little ^Abit of help from an adapter kit We ^B7had that engine running just like a^E song. Now, the ^Eheadlights, they was another sight. We had ^Atwo on the left and one on the right. But ^B7when we pulled out the swith, all three of 'em come^E on.

The back end looked kind of funny, too,

But we^A put it together and when we got through, Well, ^B7that's when we noticed that we only had one tail^E fin.

About that time my wife walked out,

And I could ^Asee in her eyes that she had her doubts. But she ^B7opened the door and said, "Honey, take me f^Eor a spin."

So, we drove uptown just to get the tags, And I headed her right on down main drag. I could hear ev'rybody laughin' for blocks around. But up there at the courthouse they didn't laugh, 'Cause to type it up it took the whole staff. And when they got through, the title weighed sixty punds.

I'd get it ^Eone piece at a time and it^A wouldn't cost me a dime. You'd ^B7know it's me when I come through your ^Etown. I'm gonna ride around in style, I'm gonna^A drive ev'rybody wild. 'Cause I'll ^B7have the only one there is a-^Eround.

Ah, yeah, Red Rider, this is the Cottonmouth In the Psychobilly Cadillac, come on. Hah. Ah, this is the Cottonmouth, and negatory On the cost of this machine, there, Red Rider. You might say I went right up to the factory and picked it up. It's cheaper that way. Ah, 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.