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You Never Even Call Me by My Name
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David Allen Coe
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Well, it was all
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That I could do to keep from crying'
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Sometimes it seemed so useless to remain
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But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin'
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You never even call me by my name
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You don't have to call me Waylon Jennings
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And you don't have to call me charlie pride
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And you don't have to call me Merle haggard/anymore
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Even though you're on my fighting' side
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[Chorus]
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And I'll hang around as long as you will let me
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And I never minded standing' in the rain
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But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin'
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You never even called me by my name
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Well, I've heard my name
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A few times in your phone book (hello, hello)
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And I've seen it on signs where I've played
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But the only time I know
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I'll hear "David Allan Coe"
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Is when Jesus has his final judgment day
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[Chorus]
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Well, a friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song
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And he told me it was the perfect country and western song
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I wrote him back a letter
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And I told him it was not the perfect country and western song
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Because he hadn't said anything at all about mama,
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Or trains,
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Or trucks,
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Or prison,
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Or getting' drunk
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Well he sat down and wrote another verse to the song
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And he sent it to me,
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And after reading it,
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I realized that my friend had written the perfect
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Country and western song
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And I felt obliged to include it on this album
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The last verse goes like this here:
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Well, I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison
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And I went to pick her up in the rain
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But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck
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She got runned over by a damned old train
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And I'll hang around as long as you will let me
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And I never minded standing' in the rain
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No, a' you don't have to call me darlin', darlin'
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You never even call me
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Well I wonder why you don't call me
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Why don't you ever call me by my name
You Never Even Called Me By My Name
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