The Whittler

Tom T. Hall

[Verse 1]
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 knife
He whittled and talked of a whittler's life

[Verse 2]
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

[Chorus]
One whittles a whit and two whits 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 whittles a riddle it's a little like life

[Verse 3]
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

[Verse 4]
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

[Chorus]
One whittles a whit and two whits 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 whittles a riddle it's a little like life

[Verse 5]
He said here watch me whittle and he whittled a whit
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

[Chorus]
One whittles a whit and two whits 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 whittles a riddle it's a little like life

Trivia about the song The Whittler by Tom T. Hall

When was the song “The Whittler” released by Tom T. Hall?
The song The Whittler was released in 1984, on the album “Natural Dreams”.

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