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Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Stimme und Gesang
Fred Tackett
Fred Tackett
E-Gitarre
Joe Romano
Joe Romano
Posaune
Larry Taylor
Larry Taylor
Akustische Bassgitarre
Stephen Hodges
Stephen Hodges
Schlagzeug
V. Feldman
V. Feldman
Percussion/Schlagzeug
KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Songwriter:in
PRODUKTION UND TECHNIK
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Produzent:in
Biff Dawes
Biff Dawes
Aufnahmeingenieur:in
Bill Jackson
Bill Jackson
Ingenieurassistent:in
Jeff Sanders
Jeff Sanders
Mastering-Ingenieur:in
Peggy McCreary
Peggy McCreary
Ingenieurassistent:in
Richard McKernon
Richard McKernon
Ingenieurassistent:in

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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