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 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
AND I COULD NEVER
UNDERSTAND
I KNEW HE USED TO
PICK UP IN OHIO
WITH A
FIVE PIECE BAND
AND CLAYTON
USED TO TELL ME SON
YOU BETTER PUT THAT
OLD GUITAR AWAY
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
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 LOT OF BIG PREACHERS
THAT KNOW A LOT MORE
THAN I DO
BUT IT COULD BE THAT
THE GOOD LORD
LIKES A LITTLE
PICKIN' TOO
YEAH I REMEMBER
THE YEAR
THAT CLAYTON DELANEY
DIED