David Allan Coe You Never Even Called Me By My Name (1975) lyrics

David Allan Coe
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You Never Even Called Me By My Name (1975)
It was all that I could do to keep from crying
Sometimes it seems so useless to remain
You don't have to call me darling, darling
You never even call me by my name

You don't have to call me Waylon Jennings
And you don't have to call me Charlie Pride
You don't have to call me Merle Haggard anymore
Even though you're on my fighting side

And I'll hang around as long as you will let me
And I never minded standing in the rain
You don't have to call me darling, darling
You never even call me by my name

I've heard my name a few times in your phone book
I've seen it on signs where I've laid

But the only time I know, I'll hear David Allan Coe
Is when Jesus has his final judgment day

Well, a friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song and he told me it was the perfect country and western song. I wrote him back a letter and told him it was not the perfect country and western song because he hadn't said anything about mama, or trains, or trucks, or prison, or getting drunk.
Well, he sat down and wrote another verse to the song and he sent it to me and after reading it, I realized that my friend had written the perfect country and western song. And I felt obliged to include it on this album. The last verse goes like this here

Well, I was drunk the day my Mom got outta prison
And I went to pick her up in the rain
But, before I could get to the station in my pickup truck
She got runned over by a damned old train

So I'll hang around as long as you will let me
And I never minded standing in the rain
No, you don't have to call me darling, darling
You never even call me, I wonder why you don't call me
Why don't you ever call me by my name