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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 runned over by a damned old train. Goodman, in his versions, commented that there were some other ideas he missed, including farms, Dallas, divorce, dead dogs like Old Shep, and Christmas.
Well, I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison And I went to pick 'er up in the rain But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck She got runned over by a damned ol' train. Coe was a featured performer in Heartworn Highways, a 1975 documentary film by James Szalapski.
Goodman's equally facetious response was an additional verse that incorporated all five of Coe's requirements, and upon receiving it, Coe acknowledged that the finished product was indeed the "perfect country and western song" and included the last verse on the record: I was drunk the day Mama got out of prison And I went to pick 'er up in the rain
Coe had already written several hits for other artists and scored his own Top 10 hit in 1975 with the Steve Goodman-John Prine composition "You Never Even Called Me by My Name." By 1976 the outlaw country movement was in full swing as artists such as Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson were finally enjoying massive commercial success after years ...
Nothing Sacred is the eleventh studio album by American country musician David Allan Coe. Released in 1978, it is Coe's fourth independent album, after Penitentiary Blues, Requiem for a Harlequin and Buckstone County Prison. Nothing Sacred was noted for its profane and sexually explicit lyrics, and was released solely by mail order.
“The House We’ve Been Calling Home,” for example, explores the theme of polygamy (“Me and my wives have been spending our lives in a house we’ve been calling a home..."), while the final cut on the album, “If That Ain’t Country (I’ll Kiss Your Ass),” finds Coe uttering a racial slur on record for the first time, singing the ...
The police came and most people got away, and then about ten of us got arrested.” Still, one thing was for certain. “My mom was pissed ,” Keough recalled, noting that Lisa Marie didn’t try ...
"Tennessee Whiskey" is an American country song written by Dean Dillon and Linda Hargrove. It was originally recorded by country artist David Allan Coe for his album of the same name , peaking at number 77 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1981. [ 1 ]