David Allan Coe - You never even called me by my name
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You Never Even Called Me By My Name
by David Allan Coe
from the album Once Upon A Rhyme (1975)
written by Steve Goodman & John Prine
Well it was Call that I could Gdo to keep from Ccryin'
SomeFtimes it seemed so Guseless to reCmain
But Fyou don't have to Gcall me darliCn', daAmrlin'
You Cnever even Gcalled me by my Cname
CYou don't have to Gcall me Waylon CJennings
And Cyou don't have to Gcall me ChaCrley Pride
And Fyou don't have to Gcall me Merle CHaggard anyAmmore
D7 Even though you're on my fightin' Gside
And I'll Fhang around as Glong as you will Clet me
and I Fnever mindGed standing in the Crain
But Fyou don't have to Gcall me darlinC', darAmlin'
You Cnever even Gcalled me by my Cname
Well I've Cheard my name a Gfew times in your Cphonebook (Hello? Hello?)
And I've Cseen it on Gsigns where I've Cplayed
But the Fonly time I Gknow I'll hearC David Allan AmCoe
D7 Is when Jesus has his final judgment Gday
So I'll Fhang around as Glong as you will Clet me
and I Fnever mindGed standing in the Crain
But Fyou don't have to Gcall me darlinC', darAmlin'
You Cnever even Gcalled me by my Cname
(Spoken)
Well a good friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song.
And he told me it was the perfect country and western song.
Well I wrote him back a letter and told him:
It was not the perfect country and western song,
Because he hadn't said anything at all about mama,
Or trains, or trucks, or prison, or gettin' drunk!
Well, he sat down and wrote another verse to this song,
and he sent it to me. 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:
Well I was Cdrunk the day my Gmom got out of Cprison
And I Cwent to pick her Gup in the Crain
But beFfore I could Gget to the station in my Cpickup Amtruck
D7 She got runned over by a damned old Gtrain
And I'll Fhang around as Glong as you will Clet me
and I Fnever mindGed standing in the Crain
But Fyou don't have to Gcall me darlinC', darAmlin'
You Cnever even Gcalled me
Well I Cwonder why you don't Amcall me,
C G F (C G C)
Why don't you ever call me by my name?
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