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Well, it was all |
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That I could do to keep from crying' |
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Sometimes it seemed so useless to remain |
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But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin' |
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You never even call me by my name |
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You don't have to call me Waylon Jennings |
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And you don't have to call me Charlie pride |
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And you don't have to call me Merle Haggard anymore |
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Even though you're on my fighting' side |
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And I'll hang around as long as you will let me |
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And I never minded standing' in the rain |
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But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin' |
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You never even called me by my name |
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Well, I've heard my name |
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A few times in your phone book (hello, hello) |
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And I've seen it on signs where I've played |
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But the only time I know |
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I'll hear \"David Allan Coe\" |
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Is when Jesus has his final judgment day |
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And I'll hang around as long as you will let me |
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And I never minded standing' in the rain |
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But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin' |
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You never even called me by my name |
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Well, a friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song |
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And he told me it was the perfect country & western song |
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I wrote him back a letter and I told him it was |
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Not the perfect country & western song because he hadn't said anything at all about mama, |
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Or trains, |
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Or trucks, |
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Or prison, |
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Or getting' drunk |
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Well he sat down and wrote another verse to the song |
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And he sent it to me, |
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And after reading it, |
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I realized that my friend had written the perfect |
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Country & western song |
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And I felt obliged to include it on this album |
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The last verse goes like this here: |
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Well, I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison |
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And I went to pick her up in the rain |
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But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck |
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She got run ned over by a damned old train |
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And I'll hang around as long as you will let me |
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And I never minded standing' in the rain |
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No, a' you don't have to call me darlin', darlin' |
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You never even call me |
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Well I wonder why you don't call me |
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Why don't you ever call me by my name |
