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

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 better put that old guitar away 

There 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