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Singles

1. You Never Even Called Me by My Name

   Lyrics: You Never Even Called Me by My Name

   Well, it was all
   That I could do to keep from crying'
   Sometimes it seemed 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 fighting' 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 judgment 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
   Well, a friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song
   And he told me it was the perfect country & western song
   I wrote him back a letter and I told him it was not the perfect country & western song
   Because he hadn't said anything at all 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 & 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 out of 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 run over by a damned old train
   And I'll hang around as long as you will let me
   And I never minded standing' in the rain, no
   But 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