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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Tom T. Hall
Performer
Jerry Kennedy
Dobro
Ray Edenton
Guitar
Chip Young
Guitar
Charlie McCoy
Harmonica
Harold Bradley
Bass Guitar
Pete Drake
Steel Guitar
Bob Moore
Bass Guitar
Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman
Drums
Hargus Robbins
Piano
George Tidwell
Trumpet
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tom T. Hall
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jerry Kennedy
Producer
Lyrics
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
And 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, I was going to 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
While 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
Writer(s): Tom T. Hall
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