You Never Even Called Me by My Name

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[00:01.02] Well, it was all [00:03.45] That I could do to keep from crying' [00:11.11] Sometimes it seemed so useless to remain [00:20.01] But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin' [00:30.12] You never even called me by my name [00:39.58] You don't have to call me Waylon Jennings [00:48.89] And you don't have to call me Charlie Pride [00:58.11] And you don't have to call me Merle Haggard anymore [01:07.16] Even though you're on my fighting' side [01:15.57] And I'll hang around as long as you will let me [01:25.39] And I never minded standing' in the rain [01:34.18] But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin' [01:43.80] You never even called me by my name [01:53.12] Well, I've heard my name [01:55.46] A few times in your phone book (hello, hello) [02:02.02] And I've seen it on signs where I've played [02:11.05] But the only time I know [02:15.52] I'll hear "David Allan Coe" [02:20.22] Is when Jesus has his final judgment day [02:28.71] So I'll hang around as long as you will let me [02:38.01] And I never minded standing' in the rain [02:47.01] But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin' [02:55.97] You never even called me by my name [03:05.84] Well, a friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song [03:09.39] And he told me it was the perfect country & western song [03:13.31] I wrote him back a letter and I told him it was not the perfect country & western song [03:18.00] Because he hadn't said anything at all about mama [03:21.57] Or trains, or trucks, or prison, or getting' drunk [03:31.53] Well, he sat down and wrote another verse to the song and he sent it to me [03:35.87] And after reading it I realized that my friend had written the perfect country & western song [03:42.42] And I felt obliged to include it on this album [03:45.82] The last verse goes like this here [03:49.98] Well, I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison [03:58.95] And I went to pick her up in the rain [04:08.36] But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck [04:18.36] She got run over by a damned old train [04:25.98] And I'll hang around as long as you will let me [04:35.32] And I never minded standing' in the rain, no [04:43.92] But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin' [04:53.34] You never even called me [04:57.52] Well, I wonder why you don't call me [05:02.24] Why don't you ever call me by my name