Lock... song found

MacBaine

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Been trying to find the name of this song for a while... it's a country song, and at the end, the singer talks for a minute and says something about how his friend heard the song, and said it wasn't a real country song because it didn't have anything about his pickup truck, his dog dying, his mom, or getting out of jail. So the singer then does another verse with all that in it... it's pretty funny, but I can't think of the name or anything. Anybody know what I am talking about?
 

fredtam

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Jun 6, 2003
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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