The Son Of Clayton Delaney Lyrics

The song The Son Of Clayton Delaney is performed by Tom T. Hall in the album named Storyteller, Poet, Philosopher in the year 1995 .



On Fourth Street in Louisville in 1978
Stranded in a honky-tonk, somewhere 'tween dates
There was a little band playin' as I sipped my beer
But I never thought that I'd hear what I'd hear

There was a young man pickin' electric guitar
Smokin' and a snippin', an' a learnin' how to be a star
He had a big blue bandanna tied around his head
A laid-back ba*s and a drummer named Red

Well, his hair was cut long in the fashion of the time
Sandpaper vocal but he milked every line
His fingers like lightnin' on the guitar that he played
He did lay down Sally and Hank didn't do it this way

Well, I sat there and listened for over an hour
And the closest thing to country was a rockin' wildwood flower
And I got that feelin' that I had been there before
But I knew I had never been through that door

Well, the jukebox was turned on and the band took a break
I made my way up front to Howdy and Shake
I said, "Son, I like your music and I kinda like your style"
But it seemed to me that I had seen that smile

While he stood there for a moment
Then he laughed and he slapped his knee
He said, "You are one man I've wanted to see"
He said, "I know you, you story-tellin' son of a gun"
And you know me I'm Clayton Delaneys son



Tom T. Hall - Storyteller, Poet, Philosopher

Nov 1995

  1. Magnificent Music Machine
  2. A Million Miles To The City
  3. I Washed My Face In The Morning Dew
  4. The Hitch-Hiker
  5. Ballad Of Forty Dollars
  6. I Hope It Rains At My Funeral
  7. Turn It On, Turn It On, Turn It On
  8. Strawberry Farms
  9. Watergate Blues
  10. I Want To See The Parade
  11. 100 Children
  12. The Year That Clayton Delaney Died
  13. The Son Of Clayton Delaney
  14. The Old Side Of Town
  15. I Can't Dance
  16. Last Of The Drifters
  17. Mama Bake A Pie (Daddy Kill A Chicken)
  18. A Week In A Country Jail
  19. Spokane Motel Blues
  20. Homecoming
  21. Hello, We're Lonely
  22. Down At The Mall
  23. Fox On The Run
  24. Shoeshine Man
  25. Flat-Footin' It
  26. Old Five And Dimers Like Me
  27. Willy The Wandering Gypsy And Me
  28. More About John Henry
  29. Give Her My Best
  30. Pamela Brown
  31. I Flew Over Our House Last Night
  32. Molly And Tenbrooks
  33. The Monkey That Became President
  34. That's How I Got To Memphis
  35. Mama's Got The Catfish Blues
  36. Day Drinkin'
  37. Salute To A Switchblade
  38. Margie's At The Lincoln Park Inn
  39. Subdivision Blues
  40. America The Ugly
  41. Hang Them All (Get The Guilty)
  42. Levi Jones
  43. Faster Horses (The Cowboy And The Poet)
  44. I'm Forty Now
  45. Me And Jesus

The Son Of Clayton Delaney