It was all that I could do
to keep from cryin'
sometimes it seems so useless to remain
But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin'
You never even call 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 your on my fightin' side.
CHORUS:
And I'll hang around as long as you will let me
And I never minded standin' in the rain.
But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin'
You never even call me by my name
I've heard my name a few times in your phone book
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
CHORUS:
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 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...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.
CHORUS:
So I'll hang around as long as you will let me
And I never minded standin' in the rain. No,
You don't have to call me darlin', darlin'
You never even call me, Well, I wonder why you don't call me
Why don't you ever call me by my name.