The Son Of Clayton Delaney Lyrics - Tom T. Hall

On Fourth Street in Louisville in 1978 

Stranded in a honky-tonk, somewhere 'tween dates 

There was a little band playin' as I sipped my beer 

But I never thought that I'd hear what I'd hear 

There was a young man a pickin' 'lectric guitar 

Smokin' and a snippin', a learnin' how to be a star 

He had a big blue bandanna tied around his head 

A laid-back bass and a drummer named Red 

Well, his hair was cut long in the fashion of the time 

Sandpaper vocal but he milked every line 

His fingers like lightnin' on the guitar that he played 

He did "Lay Down Sally" and"Hank Didn't Do It This Way" 

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Well, I sat there and listened for over an hour 

And the closest thing to country was a rockin' "Wildwood Flower" 

And I got that feelin' that I had been there before 

But I knew I had never been through that door 

Well, the jukebox was turned on and the band took a break 

I made my way up front to howdy and shake 

I said, "Son, I like your music and I kinda like your style." 

But it seemed to me that I had seen that smile 

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Well, he stood there for a moment, then he laughed and he slapped his knee 

He said, "You are one man I've wanted to see." 

He said, "I know you, you story-tellin' son of a gun 

And you know me I'm Clayton Delaney's son."