Writer: Steve Goodman It was all I could do to keep from cryin' 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 Charley Pride And you don't have to call me Merle Haggard anymore Even though you're on my fighting 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 call me by my name. Spoken: Well, you know me and The Possum Eatin' Cowboys have been playin' this song for a long time out there on the road. It's a touchin' little Steve Goodman number 'bout trains and trucks and mamas and prison and gettin' drunk. So anyway, me and the boys got together and we asked Mr. David Allen Coe and a few of our other heroes if they wouldn't mind singin' with us on what has proven itself to be the perfect country western song. I was drunk the day my mama got out of prison And I went to pick her up in the rain But before I could get to the station in the pickup truck She got ran over by a damned old train. So I'll hang around as long as you will let me And I never minded standin' in the rain 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.