This is an old song,isn't it? I can remember it when I was a kid, & I thought it was creepy then. It's even creepier here, sung deadpan by novelist William Burroughs. How did Waits get him involved in this project? 'The Black Rider' album is about a young man who kills his beloved while showing off with magic bullets. Burroughs famously shot his wife in the head by accident & killed her - they were playing William Tell. As you do.
This is an old song,isn't it? I can remember it when I was a kid, & I thought it was creepy then. It's even creepier here, sung deadpan by novelist William Burroughs. How did Waits get him involved in this project? 'The Black Rider' album is about a young man who kills his beloved while showing off with magic bullets. Burroughs famously shot his wife in the head by accident & killed her - they were playing William Tell. As you do.
1929...where did you here it as a kid?
1929...where did you here it as a kid?