Hall Tom T The Year That Clayton Delaney Died Lyrics

The Year That Clayton Delaney Died Lyrics

I remember THE YEAR
THAT CLAYTON DELANEY DIED
They said for the last two
weeks
That he suffered and cried
It made a big impression on
me
Although I was a barefoot kid
They said he got religion at the
end
And I'm glad that he did

Clayton was the best guitar picker
In
our town
I thought he was a hero
And I used to follow Clayton around
I
often wondered why Clayton
Who seemed so good to me
Never took his
guitar
And made it down in Tenn-o-see

Well daddy said he drank a
lot
But I could never understand
I knew he used to pick up in
Ohio
With a five piece band
Clayton used to tell me son
You'd better
put that ol' guitar away
There ain't no money in it
It will lead you to
an early grave

I guess if I'd admit it
Clayton taught me how to drink
booze
I can see him half stoned
A-pickin' out the Lovesick Blues
When
Clayton died I made him a promise
I was going to carry on some how
I'd
give a hundred dollars
If he could only see me now

I remember THE
YEAR
THAT CLAYTON DELANEY DIED
Nobody ever knew it
But I went out in
the woods and I cried
While I know there's a lot of big preachers
That
know a lot more than I do
It could be that the good Lord
Likes a little
pickin' too

Yeah I remember THE YEAR
THAT CLAYTON DELANEY DIED