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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Tom Waits
Vocals
Fred Tackett
Electric Guitar
Joe Romano
Trombone
Larry Taylor
Acoustic Bass Guitar
Stephen Hodges
Drums
V. Feldman
Percussion
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tom Waits
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Tom Waits
Producer
Biff Dawes
Recording Engineer
Bill Jackson
Assistant Engineer
Jeff Sanders
Mastering Engineer
Peggy McCreary
Assistant Engineer
Richard McKernon
Assistant Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Plugged 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six
And a Black Crow snuck through a hole in the sky
So I spent all my button on an old pack mule
Oh, and I made me a ladder from a pawn shop marimba
And I leaned it up against a dandelion tree
Leaned it up against a dandelion tree
Leaned it up against a dandelion tree
[Verse 2]
Gonna cook them feathers on a tire iron spit
And I'll fill me a satchel full of old pig corn
And I beat me a billy from an old French Horn
Oh, and I kicked that mule to the top of the tree
Kicked that mule to the top of the tree
Blew me a hole 'bout the size of a kickdrum
And I cut me a switch from a long branch elbow
[Verse 3]
I'm gonna whittle you into kindlin'
Black Crow, sixteen shells from a thirty-ought-six
Whittle you into kindlin'
Black Crow, sixteen shells from a thirty-ought-six
[Verse 4]
Well, I slept in the holler of a dry creek bed
And I tore out the buckets from a red Corvette
Tore out the buckets from a red Corvette
Lionel and Dave and the Butcher made three
Whoa, you got to meet my by the knuckles of the skinnybone tree
With the strings of a Washburn stretched like a clothesline
Whoa, you know me and that mule scrambled right through the hole
Me and that mule scrambled right through the hole
[Verse 5]
I'm gonna whittle you into kindlin'
Black Crow, sixteen shells from a thirty-ought-six
Whittle you into kindlin'
Black Crow, sixteen shells from a thirty-ought-six
[Verse 6]
Now I hold him prisoner in a Washburn jail
That I strapped on the back of my old kick mule
Strapped it on the back of my old kick mule
Bang on the strings just to drive him crazy
Well, I strum it loud, rattle his cage
Strum it loud just to rattle his cage
Strum it loud just to rattle his cage
Strum it loud just to rattle his cage
[Verse 7]
Whoa, I'm gonna whittle you into kindlin'
Black Crow, sixteen shells from a thirty-ought-six
Whittle you into kindlin'
Black Crow, sixteen shells from a thirty-ought-six
Written by: Tom Waits