you never even called me by my name

It was all that I could do to keep from cryin

Sometimes it seems so useless to remain

You dont have to call me darlin, darlin

You never even call me by my name.

You dont have to call me Waylon Jennings

And you dont have to call me Charlie Pride.

You dont have to call me Merle Haggard, anymore.

Even though your on my fightin side.
And Ill hang around as long as you will let me

And I never minded standin in the rain.

You dont have to call me darlin, darlin

You never even call me by my name.

Ive heard my name a few times in your phone book

Ive seen it on signs where Ive laid

But the only time I know,

Ill hear David Allan Coe

Is when Jesus has his final judgement day.

So Ill hang around as long as you will let me

And I never minded standin in the rain. No,
You dont have to call me darlin, darlin

You never even call me by my name.

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 hadnt said anything about
Momma, or trains, or trucks, or prison, or gettin 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
theperfect 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 Ill hang around as long as you will let me

And I never minded standin in the rain. No,

You dont have to call me darlin, darlin

You never even call me, I wonder why you dont call me

Why dont you ever call me by my name.