The Year That Clayton Delaney Died-Tom T. Hall

[ti:The Year That Clayton Delaney Died] [ar:Tom T. Hall] [al:Country Hit Parade] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Year That Clayton Delaney Died - Tom T. Hall [00:03.32]Written by：Tom T. Hall [00:06.64]I remember the year that clayton delaney died [00:10.44] [00:12.62]They said for the last two weeks that he suffered and cried [00:16.27] [00:18.51]It made a big impression on me although I was a barefoot kid [00:23.69] [00:24.75]They said he got religion at the end and I'm glad that he did [00:28.34] [00:30.74]Clayton was the best guitar picker in our town [00:34.67] [00:36.93]I thought he was a hero and I used to follow clayton around [00:40.79] [00:43.21]Clayton used to tell me son you better put that old guitar away [00:47.99] [00:49.34]There ain't no money in it it'll lead you to an early grave [00:52.65] [00:55.47]Well daddy said he drank a lot but I could never understand [00:58.38] [01:01.19]I knew he used to pick up in ohio with a five-piece band [01:05.13] [01:07.32]I often wondered why clayton who seemed so good to me [01:12.64] [01:13.71]Never took his guitar and made it down in tenn-o-see [01:17.09] [01:19.40]I guess if I'd admit it clayton taught me how to drink booze [01:23.26] [01:25.91]I can see him half-stoned a-pickin' out the lovesick blues [01:29.46] [01:31.75]When clayton died I made him a promise I was gonna carry on somehow [01:36.89] [01:37.98]I'd give a hundred dollars if he could only see me now [01:41.47] [01:44.08]I remember the year that clayton delaney died [01:47.73] [01:50.13]Nobody ever knew it but I went out in the woods and I cried [01:53.62] [01:56.13]Well I know there's a lotta big preachers [01:57.94] [01:59.02]That know a lot more than I do [02:01.39] [02:02.56]But it could be that the good lord likes a little pickin' too [02:06.11] [02:08.41]Yeah I remember the year that clayton delaney died