Lyr Req: You Never Really Called Me by My Name?

Subject: You never really called me by my name
From:
Date: 08 Apr 98 - 10:50 PM

My friend Jerry is looking for lyrics: Looking for lyrics to "You never really called me by my name" including the last verse ending with " She drove that galdarned truck into a train".

Subject: RE: You never really called me by my name
From: Art Thieme
Date: 08 Apr 98 - 11:40 PM

check out Steve Goodman site!

Subject: RE: You never really called me by my name
From: Sheye
Date: 09 Apr 98 - 10:10 AM

You don't have to call me darling, darling...posted and discussed a (few) months ago re: David Allan Coe and Steve Goodman. I'll see if I can find the thread.

Subject: Lyr Add: YOU NEVER EVEN CALL ME BY MY NAME
From: Sheye
Date: 09 Apr 98 - 11:06 AM

YOU NEVER EVEN CALL ME BY MY NAME
Performed by: DAVID ALLAN COE

 C                       G 
  It was all that I could do
                 C
  to keep from cryin'
        F                            C
  sometimes it seems so useless to remain
  F                                 C
  You don't have to call me darlin', darlin'
                   G            C
  You never even call me by my name.
   C              G                   C
  You don't have to call me Waylon Jennings
   C                     G                C
  And you don't have to call me Charlie Pride.
   F                                C        Am 
  You don't have to call me Merle Haggard, anymore.
   D                               G
  Even though your on my fightin' side.
    

 CHORUS
            F                               C
  And I'll hang around as long as you will let me
                        G
  And I never minded standin' in the rain.
   F                               C
  You don't have to call me darlin', darlin'
                  G             C
  You never even call me by my name.

I've heard my name a few times in your phone book
I've seen it on signs where I've laid
But the only time I know, I'll hear David Allan Coe
Is when Jesus has his final judgement day.
CHORUS:

(enter now the Steve Goodman story. The first half is played with a background of C and G. Just before Steve writes back with the perfect Country and Western song, it is just a straight background C chord.

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 runned over by a damned old train.

CHORUS:

So I'll hang around as long as you will let me
And I never minded standin' in the rain. No,
You don't have to call me darlin', darlin'

 C              G           F                   C 
  You never even call me, I wonder why you don't call me
       F              C             G     C F C
  Why don't you ever call me by my name.

Subject: RE: You never really called me by my name
From: Henry King
Date: 09 Apr 98 - 01:30 PM

I think the last verse had a number of different versions (the idea being to cram in as many country themes as possible) I remember the first line as:

When the dog died and mama got out of prison

and later on, a "semi truck" instead of a "pickup truck".

Subject: RE: You never really called me by my name
From: Henry King
Date: 09 Apr 98 - 01:45 PM

see

http://music.lsds.com/guitar/chordpro/g/Steve.Goodman/YouNeverEvenCalledMeByMyName.chopro

for the earlier and later version of the last verse

Subject: RE: You never really called me by my name
From:
Date: 11 Apr 98 - 02:35 PM

The lyrics above are somewhat different from the Steve Goodman version I have on vinyl --

I've seen my name a few times in the phone book
And on the neon sign above the bar I used to own

Did Goodman write the last verse about the pick up truck? It isn't on the version of the song I have. I also thought that it was John Prine who wrote the last and later verse.

Along the lines of this song, Goodman's "Don't Do Me Any Favors Any More" is a pretty good country song.

Subject: RE: You never really called me by my name
From: Roger Himler
Date: 12 Apr 98 - 01:04 AM

In concert, Steve once gave a long spoken introduction that included a discussion of the value of alcohol to the song-writing process. He related that he wrote all but the last verse originally. That's the song he recorded. But he sent the song to "The Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy" AKA David Allan Coe. DAC told him it was not the "perfect country and western song" because of what it did not include. So Steve wrote the last verse and DAC approved. I believe DAC relates the story in a similar way on his album.