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
CHARLEY 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
'CAUSE 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
FINALLY CALLS
HIS JUDGEMENT DAY
AND I'LL HANG AROUND
AS LONG AS YOU WILL
LET ME
AND I NEVER
MINDED STANDIN'
IN THE RAIN
CAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE
TO CALL ME DARLIN'
DARLIN'
YOU NEVER EVEN
CALLED ME
BY MY NAME
(SPOKEN)
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 TOLD HIM
IT WAS NOT THE
PERFECT COUNTRY AND
WESTERN SONG
BECAUSE HE HADN'T
SAID ANYTHING ABOUT
MAMA, TRAINS,
TRUCKS, PRISON
OR GETTIN' DRUNK
WELL HE SAT DOWN
AND WROTE ANOTHER
VERSE TO THE 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
THE LAST VERSE
GOES LIKE THIS HERE
WELL I WAS DRUNK
THE DAY MY MOM
GOT OUT OF 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 RUNNED 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
CAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE
TO CALL ME DARLIN'
DARLIN'
YOU NEVER EVEN
CALLED ME
WELL I WONDER WHY
YOU DON'T CALL ME
WHY DON'T YOU EVER
CALL ME BY MY NAME