[Verse 1]
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Well it was all that I could do to keep from cryin'
F C
Sometimes it seemed so useless to remain
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But you don't have to call me darlin' darlin'
C G7 C G7
You never even call me by my name
[Verse 2]
C G7 C
You don't have to call me Waylon Jennings
G7 C C7
And you don't have to call me Charley Pride
F C Am
And you don't have to call me Merle Haggard anymore
D7 G7
Even though you're on my figtin' side
[Chorus 1]
F C
And I'll hang around as long as you will let me
G7 C C7
and I never minded standing in the rain
F C
But you don't have to call me darlin' darlin'
C G7 C G7
You never even call me by my name
[Verse 3]
C G7 C
Well I've heard my name a few times in your phonebook (hello hello)
C G7 C C7
And I've seen it on signs where I've played
F C Am
But the only time I know I'll hear David Allan Coe
D7 G7
Is when Jesus has his final judgement day
[Chorus 1]
F C
So I'll hang around as long as you will let me
G7 C C7
and I never minded standing in the rain
F C
But you don't have to call me darlin' darlin'
C G7 C G7
You never even call me by my name
[Recitation]
C
(Well a friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song
G
And he told me it was the perfect country and western song
I wrote him back a letter and told him
It was not the percfect country and western song
C
Because he hadn't said anything at all about mama
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Or trains or trucks or prison or gettin' drunk
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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 and western song
And I felt obliged to include it on this album the last verse goes like this here)
[Verse 4]
C G7 C
Well I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison
C G7 C C7
And I went to pick her up in the rain
F C Am
But before I could get to the station in a pickup truck
D7 G7
She got run'd over by a damned old train
[Chorus 2]
F C
So I'll hang around as long as you will let me
G7 C C7
and I never minded standing in the rain
F C
But you don't have to call me darlin' darlin'
C G7
You never even call me
C F
Well I wonder why you don't call me
C G7 F C
Why don't you ever call me by my name?
