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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 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 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
clayton used to tell me son you better put that old 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 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
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
Artist: Tom T Hall
Year: 1971
Decade: 70s
Language: en
Word Count: 129