[00:00:00] One Piece At A Times(Live at The Carter Fold Hiltons VA ) - Johnny Cash [00:00:48] Well I left Kentucky [00:00:49] Back in forty nine [00:00:50] An' went to Detroit [00:00:51] Workin' on a 'sembly line [00:00:52] The first year they had me [00:00:54] Puttin' wheels on Cadillacs [00:00:57] Every day I'd watch them beauties roll by [00:01:00] And sometimes I'd hang [00:01:01] My head and cry [00:01:02] 'Cause I always wanted me [00:01:03] One that was long and black [00:01:06] One day I devised myself a plan [00:01:09] That should be the envy [00:01:10] Of most any man [00:01:11] I'd sneak it out of there in [00:01:12] A lunchbox in my hand [00:01:16] Now gettin' caught meant gettin' fired [00:01:18] But I figured I'd have it all [00:01:19] By the time I retired [00:01:21] I'd have me a car worth [00:01:22] At least a hundred grand [00:01:25] I'd get it one piece at a time [00:01:28] And it wouldn't cost me a dime [00:01:30] You'll know it's me [00:01:31] When I come through your town [00:01:35] I'm gonna ride around in style [00:01:37] I'm gonna drive everybody wild [00:01:40] 'Cause I'll have the only [00:01:41] One there is around [00:01:44] When the very next day [00:01:46] When I punched in [00:01:46] With my big lunchbox [00:01:48] And with help from my friends [00:01:49] I left that day with [00:01:50] A lunch box full of gears [00:01:54] I've never considered myself a thief [00:01:56] But GM wouldn't miss [00:01:57] Just one little piece [00:01:59] Especially if I strung it [00:02:00] Out over several years [00:02:03] Well the first day I got me [00:02:04] A fuel pump [00:02:06] And the next day I got me [00:02:07] An engine and a trunk [00:02:08] Then I got me a transmission [00:02:10] And all the chrome [00:02:13] The little things I could [00:02:14] Get in my big lunchbox [00:02:15] Like nuts an' bolts [00:02:16] And all four shocks [00:02:18] But the big stuff we snuck out [00:02:19] In my buddy's mobile home [00:02:22] Well up to now my [00:02:23] Plan went all right [00:02:24] 'Til we tried to put it all [00:02:26] Together one night [00:02:27] And that's when we noticed [00:02:28] That something was definitely wrong [00:02:32] The transmission was a fifty three [00:02:34] And the motor turned [00:02:35] Out to be a seventy three [00:02:37] And when we tried to put in [00:02:38] The bolts all the holes were gone [00:02:41] So we drilled it out so that it would fit [00:02:43] And with a little bit of help [00:02:44] With an adapter kit [00:02:46] We had that engine runnin' [00:02:48] Just like a song [00:02:51] Now the headlight' was another sight [00:02:53] We had two on the left [00:02:54] And one on the right [00:02:55] But when we pulled out the [00:02:57] Switch all three of 'em come on [00:03:00] The back end looked kinda funny too [00:03:02] But we put it together [00:03:04] And when we got through [00:03:05] Well that's when we noticed [00:03:06] That we only had one tail-fin [00:03:10] About that time my wife walked out [00:03:12] And I could see in her eyes [00:03:13] That she had her doubts [00:03:14] But she opened the door [00:03:15] And said "Honey take me for a spin " [00:03:19] So we drove up town just to get the tags [00:03:21] And I headed her right [00:03:22] On down main drag [00:03:24] You could hear everybody [00:03:25] Laughin' for blocks around [00:03:28] But up there at the court [00:03:29] House they didn't laugh [00:03:31] 'Cause to type it up [00:03:31] It took the whole staff [00:03:33] And when they got through [00:03:34] The title weighed sixty pounds [00:03:38] I got it one piece at a time [00:03:40] And it wouldn't cost me a dime [00:03:43] You'll know it's me when [00:03:44] I come through your town [00:03:47] I'm gonna ride around in style [00:03:50] I'm gonna drive everybody wild [00:03:52] 'Cause I'll have the only one [00:03:54] There is around