I plugged 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six
And a black crow snuck through a hole in the sky
So I spent all my buttons on an old pack mule
And I made me a ladder from a pawn shop marimba
Now I leaned it up against a dandelion tree
Leaned it up against a dandelion tree
Leaned it up against a dandelion tree
I'm gonna cook those feathers on a tiny spit
Now I filled me a sachel full of old pig corn
And I beat me a billy from an old French horn
And I kicked that mule to the top of the tree
Kicked that mule to the top of the tree
And I blew me a hole about the size of a kickdrum
Now I cut me a switch from a long branch elbow
I'm gonna whittle you into kindling
Black crow 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six
Whittle you into kindling
Black crow 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six
Well I slept in the holler of a dry creek bed
Now I tore out the buckets from a red Corvette
Tore out the bucket from a red Corvette
Lionel and Dave and the Butcher made three
You got to meet me by the knuckles of the skinnybone tree
With the strings of a Washburn stretched like a clothes line
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 kindling
Black crow 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six
Whittle you into kindling
Black crow 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six
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
I strum it loud 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 kindling
Black crow 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six
Whittle you into kindling
Black crow 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six
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