You Don't Have To Call Me Darlin' Lyrics
David Allan Coe
Lyrics
Well it was all that I could do to keep from crying.
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 Charlie Pride.
And you don't have to call me Merle Haggard anymore,
Even though you're on my fightin' side.
So 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, you know me n the past me n the cowboys who have playing this song for a long time after we'd been on the road
It's a touchy little Steve Goodman's number about train, trucks, mamas, prisons n getting drunk.
So anyway, me n the boys get together n
we asked this David Allan Cole n a few of
other heroes.
They don't mind singing with us on what's proven himself to be the perfect country
Western song.
I was drunk n date my mom n got out of prison
And I went to pick her up in the Rhine
But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck
She got wrong nobody damn old train
So I hang around as long as u will let me
And i never mind miss standing in the rain
You Don't Have To Call Me Darlin, darlin
You never even called me without wondering why you don't call me
Why don't you ever called me by my name
By my name,
Oh yeah!
Song & Lyrics Facts
David Allan Coe's "You Don't Have to Call Me Darlin'" was released in 1978 as a single from his album, Family Album. The song was written by David Allan Coe and produced by Billy Sherrill.
It features the backing band of Southern Tracks with lead guitar played by Pete Carr. The lyrics are about how although someone may be called sweetheart or darling, they don't have to call each other that if it doesn't feel right. The song peaked at number 3 on the US Country chart.