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KNIVES IN MUSIC ?...

J.T. has had a great run with his discussion of "KNIVES IN CINEMA AND TELEVISION"...
How about Knives in music ?...
We all know "Mack the Knife" and "Cuts like a Knife", how about any others that have knives in the song?
The more obscure the better...

Armstrong did my favorite rendition.

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Permalink Reply by J.J. Smith III on June 11, 2009 at 18:01

I've always liked Hank Williams Jr's, "A Country Boy Can Survive"...

"I had a good friend in New York City
He never called me by my name, just hillbilly
My grandpa taught me how to live off the land
And his taught him to be a businessman
He used to send me pictures of the Broadway nights
And I’d send him some homemade wine

But he was killed by a man with a switchblade knife
For 43 dollars my friend lost his life
Id love to spit some beechnut in that dudes eyes
And shoot him with my old 45
Cause a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive"

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In MemoriamPermalink Reply by Scott King on June 12, 2009 at 13:57

I got one! (just give me a second to come up with it, OK?) :)
I'll be back......

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Permalink Reply by J.J. Smith III on June 17, 2009 at 12:25

While we wait, check out -

Tom T. Hall - Whittler Lyrics (From “Natural Dreams”)

At an old country store on the outskirts of town
He sat on the porch with his feet on the ground
With a stick of red cedar and a sharp Barlow's knife
He whittled and talked of a whittler's life.

He said when you whittle you don't make a thing
A whittle can't dance and a whittle can't sing
A whittle don't hurt and a whittle don't help
A whittle ain't nothin' but whittlin' itself.

One whittle's a whitt and two whitts a whittle
It's the same on both ends as it is in the middle
The same to the wood as it is to the knife
A whittle's a riddle it's a little like life.

Well, a whittle don't care about heaven or hell
Don't care how it looks and don't care how it smells
It's a thing you can't do if you think it's a thing
It's the end of a circle and the start of a ring.

Well he sits there and whittles and the shavins' pile up
Back to the earth and then back to the dust
He said what have I done if I've whittled all day
Time would have whittled itself anyway.

One whittle's a whitt and two whitts a whittle
It's the same on both ends as it is in the middle
The same to the wood as it is to the knife
A whittle's a riddle it's a little like life.

He said here watch me whittle and he whittled a whitt
He reared back and laughed and leaned over and spit
He said let me say one more thing fore you go
I don't even know what it is I don't know.

One whittle's a whitt and two whitts a whittle
It's the same on both ends as it is in the middle
The same to the wood as it is to the knife
A whittle's a riddle it's a little like life...

That is also on my "Blog".