The Year That Clayton Delaney Died Lyrics - Tom T. Hall

Well 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 Tennessee 

Daddy said he drank a lot but I could never understand 

I knew he used to picked up in Ohio with a five piece band 

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Clayton used to tell me son you better put that old guitar away 

There ain't no money in it it'll lead you to an early gray 

I guess if I'd admit it Clayton taught me how to drink booze 

I can see him half stoned pickin` up the Lovesick Blues 

When Clayton died I made him a promise I was gonna carry on somehow 

I'd give a hundred dollars if he could only see me now 

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I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died 

Nobody ever knew it but I went out in the woods and I cried 

Well I know there's a lotta big preachers that know a lot more than I do 

But it could be that the good Lord likes a little picking too 

Yeah I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died