EleanorsMine

To me: the perfect Country and western song is:

So what is yours?


YOU AIN'T WOMAN ENOUGH TO TAKE MY MAN

You've come to tell me something
You think I ought to know
He don't love me anymore and it's time for me to go.
You say you're gonna take him
But I don't believe you can
Cause you ain't woman enough to take my man

CHORUS
Women like you are a dime a dozen
You can buy 'em anywhere
For you to get to him, I'd have to move over
And I'm gonna stand right here.
It'll be over my dead body, so get out while you can.
Cause you ain't woman enough to take my man.

Sometimes a man's caught lookin'
At things that he don't need
He took a second look at you
But he's in love with me
I don't know where that leaves you
But I know where I stand
And you aint woman enough to take my man

CHORUS

Cause you ain't woman enough to take my man

houtex

Well, I am not believing that I got to say this one first! I mean, it *is* the "perfect country and western song."

YAY!

David Allen Coe - You Never Even Call Me By My Name

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 laid
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
Why don't you ever call me by my name.

/love that song.

EleanorsMine

That one was a given..............


You've been makin' your brags around town that you've been a lovin' with my man
But the man I love when he picks up trash he puts it in a garbage can
And that's what you look like to me and what I see is a pitty
You'd better close your face and stay out of my way
If you don't wanta go to Fist City
If you don't wanna go to Fist City you'd better detour round my town
Cause I'll grab you by the hair of the head and I'll lift you off of the ground
I'm not a sayin' my baby is a saint cause he ain't
And that he won't cat around with a kitty
I'm here to tell you gal to lay off of my man if you don't wanna go to Fist City
[ steel ]
Come on and tell me what you told my friends if you think you're brave enough
And I'll show you what a real woman is since you think you're hot stuff
You'll bite off more than you can chew if you get too cute or witty
You better move your feet if you don't wanna eat a meal that's called Fist City
If you don't wanna go to Fist City...
I'm here to tell you gal to lay off of my man if you don't wanna go to Fist City

Maverick128

Must be a southern thing. I have never heard of any of those songs.

EleanorsMine

Yea..Southern beer drinking music......Mine are Loretta Lynn. The songs are for another storytime from me next time I am bored.

houtex

Of course, "Stand By Your Man" is teh awesome... when the Blues Brothers did it. They even made a guy cry in his beer...

pilot1129

Not a fan of country myself, but my girlfriend is. She did get me interested in Toby Keith though. Even saw a concert of his.

I personally like Old Red, dont remember who that one is by though.