You Never Even Called Me By My Name

Well it was all that I could do to keep from crying

Sometimes it seems so useless to remain

But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin'

You never even called me by my name

You don't have to call me Waylon Jennings

And you don't have to call me Charlie Pride

And you don't have to call me Merle Haggard anymore

Even though you're on my fightin' side

And I'll hang around as long as you will let me

And I never minded standing in the rain

But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin'

You never even called me by my name

Well I've heard my name a few times in your phone book

(Hello, Hello.)

And I've seen it on signs where I've played

But the only time I know I'll hear David Allan Coe

Is when Jesus has his final Judgement Day

So, I'll hang around as long as you will let me

And I never minded standing in the rain

But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin'

You never even called me by my name

(Spoken:)

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 I told him it was not the

Perfect country and western song because he hadn't said

Anything at all about momma, or trains, or trucks

Or prison or gettin' drunk. Well, he sat down and

Wrote another verse to this 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 momma got out of prison

And I went to pick her up in the rain

But before I could get to tye station in the pick-up truck

She got runned over by a damned old train

And I'll hang around as long as you will let me

And I never minded standin' in the rain. Ohhh

You don't have to call me darlin', darlin'

You never even called me

Well I wonder why you don't call me

Why don't you ever call me by my name?