[Verse 1]
             
Well it was al

              
l that I could

            
 do to keep fr

    
om cryin'
             
Sometimes it s

              
eemed so usele

      
ss to remain
             
But you don't 

              
have to call m

         
e darlin' darl

in'
             
You never even

            
 call me by my

      
 name

[Verse 2]
             
 You don't hav

            
e   to call me

        
 Waylon Jennin

gs
              
And you don't 

            
have  to call 

             
me Charley Pri

  
de
             
And you don't 

              
have to call m

             
e Merle Haggar

    
d anymore
            
 Even though y

              
ou're on my fi

      
ghtin' side

[Chorus 1]
             
And I'll hang 

              
around as long

             
 as you will l

et me 
              
and I never mi

            
nded standing 

            
in the rain
             
But you don't 

              
have to call m

         
e darlin' darl

in'
             
You never even

            
 call me by my

      
 name

[Verse 3]
             
Well I've hear

            
d my name   a 

              
few times in y

    
our phonebook 

(hello hello)
             
And I've seen 

            
it on signs wh

             
ere I've playe

        
d
             
But the only t

              
ime I know I'l

             
l hear David A

     
llan Coe
            
Is when Jesus 

              
has his final 

           
judgement day

[Chorus 1]
             
So I'll hang a

              
round as long 

            
as you will le

t me 
              
and I never mi

            
nded standing 

            
in the rain
             
But you don't 

              
have to call m

         
e darlin' darl

in'
             
You never even

            
 call me by my

      
 name

[Recitation]

(Well a friend

 of mine named

 Steve Goodman

 wrote that so

ng
              
And he told me

  
 it was the pe

rfect country 

and western so

ng

I wrote him back a letter and told him

It was not the percfect country and western song
              
Because he had

    
n't said anyth

ing at all abo

ut mama
             
Or trains   or

              
 trucks or pri

             
son   or getti

         
n' drunk
              
Well he sat do

   
wn and wrote a

nother verse t

o the song and

 he sent it to

 me

And after reading it I realized

That my friend had written the perfect country and western song

And I felt obliged to include it on this album the last verse goes like this here)

[Verse 4]
             
Well I was dru

              
nk the day my 

            
mom got out of

   
 prison
             
And I went to 

            
pick her up in

            
 the rain
             
But before I c

              
ould get to th

              
e station in a

       
 pickup truck
            
 She got run'd

              
 over by a dam

        
ned old train

[Chorus 2]
             
 So I'll hang 

              
around as long

             
 as you will l

et me 
              
and I never mi

            
nded standing 

            
in the rain
             
But you don't 

              
have to call m

         
e darlin' darl

in'
             
You never even

      
 call me 
             
Well I wonder 

              
why you don't 


call me 
             
Why don't you 

            
ever call me b

         
y my name?