You Never Even Called Me By My Name (Bonus Track)

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 darling, darling

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 standin’ in the rain

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

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 standin’ in the rain

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

You never even called me by my name

Well, a friend of David Allan Coe, the late Steve Goodman wrote this song

And he told him that it was the perfect country and western song

Well, Mr. Coe wrote him a letter back and said that it's not the perfect country and western song

'Cause he hadn't said anything about Mama, or trains, or trucks, or prison, or gettin' drunk

Well, Steve, he sat down and, and he wrote another verse to the song and sent it back to Mr. Coe

And after reading it, he realised that his friend had written the perfect country and western song

And I felt obliged to include it on this album

And 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 the 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 darling, darling

You never even called me

Well, I wonder why you don't call me

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