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Tom T. Hall이 1971년 발표한 노래. 그의 In Search of a Song 앨범에서 유일하게 발매된 싱글이다.
작사: Tom T. Hall
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 - 출처: LyricFind |
이 노래는 홀의 어린 시절 이웃이자 소년 시절 영웅 Lonnie Easterly를 기반으로 한다. 클레이튼 딜레이니라는 이름은 그가 살던 동네가 클레이튼 힐이라 불렸고, 그 옆집에 딜레이니 가문이 살았었기 때문이다.