The Year That Clayton Delaney Died:Tom T. Hall. CANADIAN RPM Country #6, US Country #1. #42 CANADIAN RPM Singles #42 BB hot 100 on MERCURY Records in 1971. #1. 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. #2. 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 Tenn-o-see. #3. 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 better put that old guitar away. There ain't no money in it, it'll lead you to an early grave. #4. 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 only see me now. #5. 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 pickin', too. Yeah, I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died. A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
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