Year That Clayton Delaney Died lyrics

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Artist: Tom T. Hall
Album: In Search Of A Song

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 tennessee
Well 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
Clayton used to tell me son you better put that old guitar away
Ain't no money in it it'll 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 gonna carry on somehow
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
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

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