16 Shells from a Thirty-Ought-Six Lyrics

Lyric discussion by gabrieleades 

Cover art for 16 Shells from a Thirty-Ought-Six lyrics by Tom Waits

Sounds way too complicated to me DollarShort. Song is about missing a crow after shooting at it 16 times. He gets mad, chases it, gets it, stuffs it in his guitar, and pisses it off later to amuse himself.