16 Shells from a 3006

<br>Words and music by tom waits<br><br><br><br>Plugged 16 shells from a thirty-aught-six<br><br>And the black crow flew through<br><br>A hole in the sky<br><br>And I spent all my buttons on an old pack mule<br><br>And I made me a ladder ftom a pawn shop marimba<br><br>And I leaned it up against a dandelion tree<br><br>Leaned it up against a dandelion tree<br><br>Leaned it up against a dandelion tree<br><br><br><br>Well I cooked them feathers on the iron spit<br><br>And I filled me a sachel full of old pig corn<br><br>And I beat me a billy from an old french horn<br><br>And kicked that mule to the top of the tree<br><br>Kicked that mule to the top of the tree<br><br>Blew me a hole bout the size of a kickdrum<br><br>And I cut me a switch from a long branch elbow<br><br><br><br>Im gonna whittle you into kindlin<br><br>Black crow 16 shells from a thirty-aught-six<br><br>Whittle you into kindlin<br><br>Black crow 16 shells from a thirty-aught-six<br><br><br><br>Well I slept in the hotter of a dry creek bed<br><br>And I tore out the buckets from a red corvette<br><br>Tore out the buckets from a red corvette<br><br>Lionel, dave and the butcher made three<br><br><br><br>You got to meet me by the knuckles of the skinny bone tree<br><br>With the strings of a washburn<br><br>Stretched like a clothesline<br><br>You know me and that mule scrambled right through the hole<br><br>Me and that mule scrambled right through the hole<br><br><br><br>Im gonna whittle you into kindlin<br><br>Black crow 16 shells ftom a thirty-aught-six<br><br>Whittle you into kindlin<br><br>Black crow 16 shells from a thirty-aught-six<br><br><br><br>Now I hold him prisoner in a washburn jail<br><br>And I strapped it on the back of my old kick mule<br><br>Strapped it on the back of my old kick mule<br><br>Bang on the strings just to drive him crazy<br><br>And I strum it toud just to rattle his cage<br><br>Strum it loud just to rattle his cage<br><br>Strum it loud just to rattle his cage<br><br>Strum it loud just to rattle his cage<br><br><br><br>Im gonna whittle you into kindlin<br><br>Black crow 16 shells from a thirty-aught-six<br><br>Whittle you into kindlin<br><br>Black crow 16 shells from a thirty-aught-six