You Never Even Called Me By My Name
David Allan Coe
CWell, it was all that I could Gdo to keep from Ccryin'
SometFimes it seemed so useless to Cremain
But Fyou don't have to call me darlin' C- darlin'
You Cnever even Gcall me by my CnameG
CYou don't have to Gcall me Waylon CJennings
And you don't have to Gcall me Charley CPride
And Fyou don't have to call me CMerle Haggard anyAmmore
DEven though you're on my fightiGn' side
And I'll Fhang around as long as you will Clet me
and I never mindeGd standing in the CrainC7
But Fyou don't have to call me darlin' C- darlin'
You never even Gcall me by my CnameG
Well, CI've heard my name Ga few times in your Cphonebook, hello hello
And I've seen it on Gsigns where I've CplayedC7
But the Fonly time I know I'll Chear David Allan AmCoe
Is when DJesus has his final judgement Gday
So I'll Fhang around as long as you will Clet me
and I never mindeGd standing in the Crain.C7
But Fyou don't have to call me darlin' C- darlin'
You never even Gcall me by my CnameG
CWell, a friend of mine named Steve GoodmGan 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 Csong
Because he hadn't said anything at all about mamaG
Or trains or truCcks or prisoGn or gettin' drunk
Well, he Csat 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 Cdrunk the day my Gmom got out of Cprison
And I went to pick her Gup in the CrainC7
But befFore I could get to the station in a Cpickup Amtruck
DShe got run'd over by a damned old Gtrain
And I'll Fhang around as long as you will Clet me
and I never mindeGd standing in the CrainC7
But Fyou don't have to call me darlin' C- darlin'
You never even Gcalled me
Well, I Cwonder why you don't Fcall me
Why Cdon't you ever Gcall me by my FnameC