The year that Clayton Delaney died (video)

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1. I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died,

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they said for the last two weeks that he suffered and cried.

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It made a big impression on me, although I was a barefoot kid,

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they said he got religion at the end, and I'm glad that he did.

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2. Clayton was the best guitar picker in our town,

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I thought he was a hero and I used to follow Clayton around.

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I often wondered why Clayton, who seemed so good to me,

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never took his guitar and made it down in Tennosee.

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3. Well, Daddy said he drank a lot, but I could never understand,

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I knew he used to pick 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,

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there ain't no money in it, it'll lead you to an early grave.

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

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I can see him half-stoned, a-pickin' out the Lovesick Blues.

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When Clayton died I made him a promise,

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I was gonna carry on, somehow,

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

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5. I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died,

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nobody ever knew it, but I went out in the woods and I cried.

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Well, I know there's a lotta big preachers

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that know a lot more than I do.

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but it could be that the Good Lord likes a little pickin', too.

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Yeah, I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died.

(orig. = capo 1st) (Tom T. Hall)