WELL IT WAS ALL
THAT I COULD DO
TO KEEP FROM CRYIN'
SOMETIMES
IT SEEMS 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 FIGHTIN' SIDE
AND I'LL HANG AROUND
AS LONG AS
YOU WILL LET ME
AND I NEVER MINDED
STANDIN' 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
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
JUDGEMENT DAY
SO I'LL HANG AROUND
AS LONG AS
YOU WILL LET ME
AND I NEVER MINDED
STANDIN' 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 AND WESTERN
SONG
I WROTE HIM BACK
A LETTER AND I 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
AND
AFTER READIN' IT
I REALIZED
THAT MY FRIEND HAD
WRITTEN THE PERFECT
COUNTRY AND WESTERN
SONG
AND I FELT OBLIGED
TO INCLUDE IT
ON THIS ALBUM
AND THE LAST VERSE
GOES LIKE THIS HERE
WELL I WAS DRUNK
THE DAY MY MOM
GOT OUTTA 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
STANDIN' IN THE RAIN OH
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO
CALL ME DARLIN'
DARLIN'
YOU NEVER EVEN
CALL ME
WELL I WONDER WHY
YOU DON'T CALL ME
WHY DON'T YOU EVER
CALL ME BY MY NAME