Does anybody know the name or artist of this song? It's an oldie!?

Question

The song is about a guy who takes parts home from work every day a little at a time and builds himself a car. It was one of my dad's favorites and I want to put it on his memorial website. Thanks!!!

Answer 1

One Piece At A Time Johnny Cash great country song!
Well I left Kentucky back in '49,
And went to Detroit workin' on a 'ssembly line,
The first year they had me putting wheels on Cadillacs.
Every day I'd watch them beauties roll by,
And sometimes I'd hang my head and cry
'Cos 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 getting caught meant getting 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,
'Cos 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 gear.
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 the chrome.
The little things I could get in my big lunchbox,
Like nuts and bolts and all four shocks.
But the big stuff was 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 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 from an adaptor kit
We had that engine running 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 to ride on down main drag.
I could hear everybody laughing for blocks around.
But up there at the courthouse they didn't laugh,
'Cos to type it up 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
'Cos I'll have the only one there is around

Uh, yeah red rider, this is the cotton mouth
In the psycho-billy Cadillac come on, ho.
This is the cotton mouth and nugatory
On the cost of this mo-chine there, red rider
You might say that I went right up to the factory
And picked it up, it's cheaper that way.
Er, 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 [to fade]

Answer 2

One Piece At A Time...by Johnny Cash

Answer 3

Johnny Cash

Answer 4

That was Johnny Cash and the song was One Piece At A Time. Cute song.

Answer 5

One Piece at a Time - Johnny Cash

Answer 6

1 piece at a time by the man in black (johnny cash). Great tune, and one of my many karaoke song favorites.

Answer 7

One piece at a time, by Johnny Cash.
A great song. Sorry for your loss.

Answer 8

By Johnny Cash.....