Guy Clark - Randall Knife

I'll be honest I have no clue exactly what Guy is singing about here and what the knife represents but my gut seems to know. Again my father was not a lawyer, did not serve in WWII or own hand-crafted knives, but I still "feel" the song.

It is a dark song that sends shivers down my spine. It grabs me by my collar and shoves me into a time when my father was a strong mysterious figure in my life. This song is not simple enough to be a eulogy there is a mystery here that I cannot decipher.

Lyric of Note (As I heard them):

My hand burned for the Randall knife 

There in the bottom drawer 

And I found a tear for my father's life

And all that it stood for