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
My daddy said he'd drink a lot I can 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'll lead you to an early grave
I guess if I admit it fame taught me how to drink booze
I can see him have stone 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 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