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