You Never Even Called Me By My Name-David Allan Coe

[ti:You Never Even Called Me By My] [ar:David Allan Coe] [al:David Allan Coe 17 Greatest Hi] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]You Never Even Called Me By My Name - David Allan Coe [00:01.29]It was all that I could do to keep from cryin' [00:07.78] [00:11.16]Sometimes it seems so useless to remain [00:17.34] [00:20.98]You don't have to call me darlin' darlin' [00:28.47] [00:30.16]You never even call me by my name [00:36.22] [00:40.17]You don't have to call me Waylon Jennings [00:44.92] [00:48.80]And you don't have to call me Charlie Pride [00:54.86] [00:57.98]You don't have to call me Merle Haggard anymore [01:05.42] [01:07.79]Even though your on my fightin' side [01:15.35]And I'll hang around as long as you will let me [01:21.85] [01:24.92]And I never minded standin' in the rain [01:31.98] [01:34.61]You don't have to call me darlin' darlin' [01:41.92] [01:43.61]You never even call me by my name [01:49.56] [01:52.74]I've heard my name a few times in your phone book [01:58.00] [02:01.56]I've seen it on signs where I've laid [02:07.68] [02:10.49]But the only time I know [02:14.12] [02:15.24]I'll hear David Allan Coe [02:18.68] [02:19.55]Is when Jesus has his final judgement day [02:27.25] [02:28.00]So I'll hang around as long as you will let me [02:34.37] [02:37.50]And I never minded standin' in the rain No [02:47.32]You don't have to call me darlin' darlin' [02:54.36] [02:55.86]You never even call me by my name [03:02.42] [03:05.04]Well a friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song [03:07.48] [03:08.61]And he told me it was the perfect country and western song [03:11.36] [03:13.04]I wrote him back a letter and told him it was NOT the perfect [03:15.92]Country and western song because he hadn't said anything about [03:19.01]Momma or trains or trucks or prison or gettin' drunk [03:28.76] [03:31.13]Well he sat down and wrote another verse to the song and he sent [03:34.07]It to me and after reading it [03:36.26]I realized that my friend had written [03:39.13]The perfect country and western song [03:40.76] [03:41.89]And I felt obliged to include it [03:43.70]On this album The last verse goes like this here: [03:47.13] [03:49.32]Well I was drunk the day my Mom got outta prison [03:54.82] [03:58.57]And I went to pick her up in the rain [04:04.07] [04:07.44]But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck [04:15.12] [04:17.93]She got runned over by a damned old train [04:23.97] [04:25.39]So I'll hang around as long as you will let me [04:31.03] [04:34.40]And I never minded standin' in the rain No [04:43.03] [04:43.77]You don't have to call me darlin' darlin' [04:51.83] [04:52.65]You never even call me I wonder why you don't call me [05:00.40] [05:01.09]Why don't you ever call me by my name