Johnny Cash - One Piece At A Time - Karaoke Version from Zoom Karaoke

This karaoke version has been produced by Zoom Karaoke and the recording rights are owned and controlled by Zoom Entertainments Limited - Song lyrics: WELL, I LEFT KENTUCKY BACK IN FORTY-NINE AND WENT TO DETROIT WORKIN’ ON THE ASSEMBLY 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 OUTTA 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 FRIEND I LEFT THAT DAY WITH A LUNCHBOX FULL OF GEARS I’VE NEVER CONSIDERED MYSELF A THIEF BUT G.M. 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 AND 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 ALRIGHT ’TIL WE TRIED TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER ONE NIGHT AND THAT’S WHEN WE NOTICED THAT SOMETHIN’ 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 FROM AN ADAPTER KIT WE HAD THAT ENGINE RUNNIN’ JUST LIKE A SONG NOW THE HEADLIGHTS THEY 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 UPTOWN 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 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 UH, 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 UH, 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
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