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The Perfect Country Western Song
You Never Even Called Me By My Name
Written By Steve Goodman
Recorded By David Allan Coe
WELL, IT WAS ALL
THAT I COULD DO TO KEEP FROM CRYING?
SOMETIMES IT SEEMED SO USELESS TO REMAIN
BUT YOU DON?T HAVE TO CALL ME DARLIN?, DARLIN'
YOU NEVER EVEN CALL 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 FIGHTING? SIDE
CHORUS:
AND I?LL HANG AROUND AS LONG AS YOU WILL LET ME
AND I NEVER MINDED STANDING? 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 (Hello, Hello)
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 JUDGMENT DAY
REPEAT CHORUS
RECITATION:
WELL, A FRIEND OF MINE NAMED STEVE GOODMAN WROTE THAT SONG
AND HE TOLD ME IT WAS THE PERFECT COUNTRY & WESTERN SONG
I WROTE HIM BACK A LETTER AND I TOLD HIM IT WAS NOT THE PERFECT COUNTRY & WESTERN SONG BECAUSE HE HADN?T SAID ANYTHING AT ALL ABOUT MAMA,
OR TRAINS,
OR TRUCKS,
OR PRISON,
OR GETTING? DRUNK
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 & 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 RUN NED OVER BY A DAMNED OLD TRAIN
CHORUS:
AND I?LL HANG AROUND AS LONG AS YOU WILL LET ME
AND I NEVER MINDED STANDING? IN THE RAIN
NO, A? 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
Also
Up Against The Wall Redneck Mother by Walker Jerry Jeff
He was born in Oklahoma,
His wife's name's Betty Lou Thelma Liz
And he's not responsible for what he's doing
Cause his mother made him what he is.
And it's up against the wall Redneck Mother,
Mother, who has raised her son so well.
He's thirty-four and drinking in a honky tonk.
Just kicking hippies asses and raising hell.
Sure does like his Falstaff beer,
Likes to chase it down with that Wild Turkey liquor;
Drives a fifty-seven GMC pickup truck;
He's got a gun rack; "Goat ropers need love, too" sticker
And it's up against the wall Redneck Mother,
Mother, who has raised her son so well.
He's thirty-four and drinking in a honky tonk.
Just kicking hippies asses and raising hell.
Well,
M is for the mudflaps you give me for my pickup truck
O is for the Oil I put on my hair
T is for T-bird
H is for Haggard
E is for eggs, and
R is for REDNECK.
Up against the wall Redneck Mother,
Mother, who has raised her son so well.
He's thirty-four and drinking in a honky tonk.
Kicking hippies asses and raising hell.
He's up against the wall Redneck Mother,
Mother, who has raised her son so well.
He's thirty-four and drinking in a honky tonk.
Just kicking hippies asses and raising hell.
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