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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Vocals
Fred Tackett
Fred Tackett
Electric Guitar
Joe Romano
Joe Romano
Trombone
Larry Taylor
Larry Taylor
Acoustic Bass Guitar
Stephen Hodges
Stephen Hodges
Drums
V. Feldman
V. Feldman
Percussion
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Producer
Biff Dawes
Biff Dawes
Recording Engineer
Bill Jackson
Bill Jackson
Assistant Engineer
Jeff Sanders
Jeff Sanders
Mastering Engineer
Peggy McCreary
Peggy McCreary
Assistant Engineer
Richard McKernon
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
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