[ti:The Year That Clayton Delaney Died] [ar:Tom T. Hall] [al:In Search Of A Song] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Year That Clayton Delaney Died - Tom T. Hall [00:03.95]Written by:Tom T. Hall [00:07.90]I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died [00:12.35] [00:15.18]They said for the last two weeks [00:17.62]That he suffered and cried [00:19.44] [00:22.37]It made a big impression on me [00:25.18] [00:26.19]Although I was a barefoot kid [00:28.25] [00:29.85]They said he got religion at the end [00:32.01]And I'm glad that he did [00:34.12] [00:37.34]Clayton was the best guitar picker in our town [00:41.44] [00:44.25]I thought he was a hero and [00:46.12]I used to follow Clayton around [00:48.67] [00:51.54]I often wondered why Clayton [00:54.09] [00:54.94]Who seemed so good to me [00:57.57] [00:58.79]Never took his guitar and made it down in tenn o see [01:02.75] [01:06.01]Well daddy said he drank a lot but [01:08.20]I could never understand [01:10.26] [01:12.91]I knew he used to pick up in Ohio [01:15.37]With a five piece band [01:17.21] [01:20.57]Clayton used to tell me [01:22.06]Son you better put that old guitar away [01:26.33] [01:27.55]There ain't no money in it [01:29.28]It'll lead you to an early grave [01:31.80] [01:34.53]I guess if I'd admit it [01:36.11] [01:36.73]Clayton taught me how to drink booze [01:39.14] [01:41.96]I can see him half stoned a pickin out [01:44.49]The lovesick blues [01:46.03] [01:48.86]When Clayton died I made him a promise [01:51.66] [01:52.26]I was gonna carry on somehow [01:55.10] [01:56.29]I'd give a hundred dollars [01:58.06]If he could only see me now [02:00.42] [02:03.04]I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died [02:07.71] [02:10.44]Nobody ever knew it but I went out in the woods [02:13.69]And I cried [02:15.07] [02:17.46]Well I know there's a lotta big preachers [02:20.37] [02:21.30]That know a lot more than I do [02:23.72] [02:24.79]But it could be that the good Lord [02:26.95]Likes a little pickin' too [02:29.07] [02:31.80]Yeah I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died