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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Vocals
Keith Richards
Keith Richards
Guitar
Larry Taylor
Larry Taylor
Double Bass
Stephen Taylor Arvizu Hodges
Stephen Taylor Arvizu Hodges
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Producer
Kathleen Brennan
Kathleen Brennan
Producer
Robert Musso
Robert Musso
Mixing Engineer
Howie Weinberg
Howie Weinberg
Original Mastering Engineer
Dennis Ferrante
Dennis Ferrante
Assistant Recording Engineer
Tom Gonzalez
Tom Gonzalez
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Chris Bellman
Chris Bellman
Mastering Engineer
Jeff Lippay
Jeff Lippay
Assistant Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Cuttin' through the cane break, rattling the sill
Thunder that the rain makes when the shadow tops the hill
Big light on the back street hill to Evermore
Packin' down the ladder with the hammer to the floor
[Chorus]
Here come the Big Black Mariah
Here come the Big Black Mariah
Here come the Big Black Mariah
I see the Big Black Ford
[Verse 2]
Well, he's all boxed up on a red belle dame
Hunted Black Johnny with a blind man's cane
A yellow bullet with a rag out in the wind
An old blind tiger get an old bell, Jim
[Chorus]
Here come the Big Black Mariah
Here come the Big Black Mariah
Here come the Big Black Mariah
Here come the Big Black Ford
[Verse 3]
Sent to the skies on a Benny Jag Blue
Off to bed without his supper like the Linda brides do
He got to do the story with the old widow Jones
He got a wooden coat, this boy is never coming home
[Chorus]
Here come the Big Black Mariah
Here come the Big Black Mariah
Here come the Big Black Mariah
I see that Big Black Ford
[Bridge]
Cut through the cane break
Oh yeah, oh yeah, mhm
Oh yeah, mhm
[Verse 4]
Well, he's all boxed up on a red belle dame
Fat Blue Johnny on a blind man's cane
A hundred yellow bullets shook a rag out in the wind
An old blind tiger on a pair of new wings
[Chorus]
Here come the Big Black Mariah
Here come the Big Black Mariah
Here come the Big Black Mariah
Here come the Big Black Ford
Written by: Tom Waits
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