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      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   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      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 adapter 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 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 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      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 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   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