"I'm looking for an older country song"?

Question

In the song, just before the final verse, it says something like "I received a letter from a friend of mine saying that I had just written the best country song ever." For the life of me, I can't seem to remember what it was.

Answer 1

" You never even called me by my name" David Allen Coe...it is one of the all time great drinking sing along songs of all time "You don;t have to call me darling, darling. But you never even called me by my name."

Answer 2

"You Never Even Call Me By My Name" by David Allen Coe

It was all that I could do to keep from cryin'
Sometimes it seems so useless to remain
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.
You don't have to call me Merle Haggard, anymore.
Even though your on my fightin' side.

CHORUS

And 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 by my name.

I've heard my name a few times in your phone book
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 judgement day.

CHORUS...

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
Momma, or trains, or trucks, or prison, or gettin' 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 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 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'
You never even call me, I wonder why you don't call me by my name.

Answer 3

That's a good one. It's called "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" by David Allan Coe. That's an oldie, but goodie. I still hear it alot.

Answer 4

it's a David Allen Coe song

Something about you dont have to call me darlin'

Answer 5

You don't have to call me darlin', darlin'
Merle haggard, waylon jennings

Answer 6

Idk. Buck Owens is a really good artist and that'd might be one of his songs.