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Tub Ring

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Year:

2005

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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. 
[CHORUS] 
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 
Now, I never considered myself a thief 
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 A-daptor 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 robot walked out 
And I could see in it's eyes that it had it's doubts 
But it opened the door and said "Destroy all humans." 
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. 
[CHORUS] 
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. 
[Spoken] Ugh! 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 
Ugh!, 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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