Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Year That Clayton Daleney Die, artist - Bobby Bare. Date of issue: 12.09.1965
Song language: English
The Year That Clayton Daleney Die |
| Well 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 |
| Daddy said he drank a lot but I could never understand |
| I knew he used to picked up in Ohio with a five piece band |
| Clayton used to tell me son you better put that old guitar away |
| There ain’t no money in it it’ll lead you to an early gray |
| I guess if I’d admit it Clayton taught me how to drink booze |
| I can see him half stoned pickin' up 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 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 |
| Well I know there’s a lotta big preachers that know a lot more than I do |
| But it could be that the good Lord likes a little picking too |
| Yeah I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died |