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

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