i remember the year the claim the lady in high
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
he said he got religion at the end and i'm glad he did
fading was the best guitar picker in our town
thought he was a hero
and i used to follow playing around
often wonder why clayton seems so good to me
never took his guitar made it down in tennessee
but daddy said he drank a lot 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 he'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 picking on 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 when clayton and lennie died
nobody ever knew her
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 can be that the good lord
likes a little picking too
yeah i remember the year playing the lady night