Words and music by tom waits

Plugged 16 shells from a thirty-aught-six
And the black crow flew through
A hole in the sky
And i spent all my buttons on an old pack mule
And i made me a ladder ftom 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

Well i cooked them feathers on the iron spit
And i filled me a sachel full of old pig corn
And i beat me a billy from an old french horn
And 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

I'm gonna whittle you into kindlin'
Black crow 16 shells from a thirty-aught-six
Whittle you into kindlin'
Black crow 16 shells from a thirty-aught-six

Well i slept in the hotter of a dry creek bed
And i tore out the buckets from a red corvette
Tore out the buckets from a red corvette
Lionel, dave and the butcher made three

You got to meet me by the knuckles of the skinny bone tree
With the strings of a washburn
Stretched like a clothesline
You know me and that mule scrambled right through the hole
Me and that mule scrambled right through the hole

I'm gonna whittle you into kindlin'
Black crow 16 shells ftom a thirty-aught-six
Whittle you into kindlin'
Black crow 16 shells from a thirty-aught-six

Now i hold him prisoner in a washburn jail
And i strapped it 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
And i strum it toud just to 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

I'm gonna whittle you into kindlin'
Black crow 16 shells from a thirty-aught-six
Whittle you into kindlin'
Black crow 16 shells from a thirty-aught-six




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» American Storm
» Back In 72
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» Betty Lou's Gettin' Out Tonight
» Betty Lou's Getting Out Tonight
» Betty Lous Gettin Out Tonight
» Betty Lous Getting Out Tonight
» Black Night
» Boomtown Blues
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» Brave Strangers
» By The River
» Cat
» Chances Are (featuring Martina McBride)
» Clutch
» Come To Poppa
» Comin Home
» Comin' Home
» Cross Of Gold
» Evil Edna
» Famous Final Scene
» Feel Like A Number
» Fine Memory
» Fire Inside
» Fire Lake
» Fortunate Son
» Golden Boy
» Heavy Music
» Her Strut
» Highway Child
» Hollywood Nights
» Horizontal Bop
» House Behind A House
» I Can't Save You Angelene
» I Cant Save You Angelene
» I Wanna Get Lost In Your Rock N' Roll
» I've Been Workin'
» I've Been Working
» I've Got Time
» If I Were A Carpenter
» In Your Time
» Innervenus Eyes
» It's You
» Its You
» Ive Got Time
» Ivory
» Jesse James
» Jody Girl
» Katmandu
» Lennie Johnson
» Like A Rock
» Little Victories
» Living Inside My Heart
» Lock And Load
» Lock Load
» Long Song Comin'
» Long Twin Silver Line
» Loves The Last To Know
» Main Street
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» Makin Thunderbirds
» Makin' Thunderbirds
» Manhattan
» Manhatten
» Mary Lou
» Momma
» Mongrel
» Mongrel Too
» Need Ya
» Neon Sky
» New Coat Of Paint
» Night Moves
» Nine Tonight
» Nutbush City Limits
» Nutbush City Limts
» Old Time Rock & Roll
» Old Time Rock and Roll
» Old Time Rock Roll
» Paint Them A Picture Jane
» Railroad Days
» Real At The Time
» Revisionism Street
» Rite Of Passage
» River Deep-Mountain High
» Rock And Roll Never Forgets
» Rock N Roll Never Forgets
» Rock Roll Never Forgets
» Roll Me Away
» Sailing Nights
» School Teacher
» Seen A Lot Of Floors
» Shame On The Moon
» She Can't Do Anything Wrong
» She Cant Do Anything Wrong
» Shinin Brightly
» Shinin' Brightly
» Sightseeing
» So I Wrote You A Song
» Something Like
» Somewhere Tonight
» Song For Him
» Song To Rufus
» Stealer
» Sun Spot Baby
» Sunburst
» Sunspot Baby
» The Famous Final Scene
» The Fire Down Below
» The Fire Inside
» The Horizontal Bop
» The Last Song (Love Needs To Be Loved)
» The Long Way Home
» The Mountain
» The Real Love
» The Stealer
» This Old House
» Til It Shines
» Till It Shines
» Train Man
» Travelin'
» Tryin' To Live My Life Without You
» UMC (Upper Middle Class)
» Understandingbs
» We Have Got Tonight
» West Of The Moon
» Which Way
» White Wall
» You Know Who You Are
» You Never Can Tell (C'Est La Vie)
» You'll Accompany Me
» You'll Accomp'ny Me
» Youll Accompany Me

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