Disc 1 - 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 - 16 Biggest H] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]You Never Even Called Me By My Name - David Allan Coe [00:03.43]It was all that I could do to keep from cryin' [00:11.85]Sometimes it seems so useless to remain [00:21.64]You don't have to call me darlin' darlin' [00:30.83]You never even call me by my name [00:40.74]You don't have to call me Waylon Jennings [00:49.60]And you don't have to call me Charlie Pride [00:59.24]You don't have to call me Merle Haggard anymore [01:08.56]Even though your on my fightin' side [01:16.24]And I'll hang around as long as you will let me [01:26.11]And I never minded standin' in the rain [01:30.06]You don't have to call me darlin' darlin' [01:35.85]You never even call me by my name [01:44.41]I've heard my name a few times in your phone book [02:02.32]I've seen it on signs where I've laid [02:11.18]But the only time I know [02:16.05]I'll hear David Allan Coe [02:20.54]Is when Jesus has his final judgement day [02:28.90]So I'll hang around as long as you will let me [02:38.14]And I never minded standin' in the rain No [02:47.75]You don't have to call me darlin' darlin' [02:56.61]You never even call me by my name [03:05.80]Well a friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song [03:10.91]And he told me it was the perfect country and western song [03:13.84]I wrote him back a letter and told him it was NOT the perfect [03:17.52]Country and western song because he hadn't said anything about [03:20.27]Momma or trains or trucks or prison or gettin' drunk [03:35.04]Well he sat down and wrote another verse to the song and he sent [03:37.86]It to me and after reading it [03:42.54]I realized that my friend had written [03:44.03]The perfect country and western song [03:49.84]And I felt obliged to include it [03:51.02]On this album The last verse goes like this here: [03:51.34]Well I was drunk the day my Mom got outta prison [03:59.26]And I went to pick her up in the rain [04:08.19]But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck [04:18.67]She got runned over by a damned old train [04:25.78]So I'll hang around as long as you will let me [04:34.90]And I never minded standin' in the rain No [04:44.72]You don't have to call me darlin' darlin' [04:53.42]You never even call me I wonder why you don't call me [05:01.77]Why don't you ever call me by my name