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THE YEAR  CLAYTON DELANEY DIED

 

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 pick up in Ohio with a five piece band

Clayton used to tell me son

You'd better put that ol' guitar away

There ain't no money in it it will 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

That I'd carry on some how

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

While I know there's a lotta big preachers

That know a lot more than I do

It could be that the good Lord likes a little pickin' too

Yeah I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died

 


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