Made for a Radio Show, thought I'd share IYKYK

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In David Allen Coe’s song “You Never Even Called Me By My Name”, at the end he says that the songwriter claimed it was the best country song ever written, to which DAC replied it cannot be because it doesn’t involve:
Prison
Trains
His mother
A pickup truck
And maybe a couple other things (I forget)
So the final verse of the song goes something like “I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison, it was raining when I went to pick her up in my pickup truck, she ended up getting hit by a fucking train lmao” or something along those lines.
It’s haven’t heard the song since I was in my early twenties, so sorry if my details are slightly off.
You get the gist though

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CroutonSouffle@reddit

Little known fact, it was actually written by Steve Goodman and John Prine but John didn’t want to be associated with the song when they wrote it so all credit is given solely to Steve Goodman.

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badgerandaccessories@reddit

John came up with the “you don’t have to call me darlin, darlin”

Otherwise it’s all Goodman. He hats why he didnt take credit

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MuppetFucker2077@reddit

>Otherwise it’s all Goodman

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internetlad@reddit

Confirmed John Prine can't finger gun

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YorkPorkWasTaken@reddit

Between the two of them, they also wrote "City of New Orleans" and "In Spite of Ourselves", which also rank among the greatest country and western songs

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Frosty7130@reddit

John Prine and Steve Goodman wrote the song together while heavily intoxicated, which is why Prine refused credit. Goodman bought him a jukebox from his royalties as a gift.

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spacemanaut@reddit

This song whips absolute ass, thanks for introducing me to it

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Sithlordandsavior@reddit

Ya know what's weird, my dad sent me this song earlier today and it's such an obscure thing to have seen twice in a day.

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sports_sports_sports@reddit

Probably because he died yesterday

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Natsoii@reddit

Great song, it’s in my one of my top playlists

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Daryl_On_FFXIV@reddit

Absolute banger of a song

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cha_boi_john120@reddit

Unironically made the song the perfect country western song. The break back into the song after that verse is unrelentingly good.

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calmerthanudude@reddit

Bro breaking that song out at karaoke night in Tennessee is ELECTRIC

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lovelycosmos@reddit

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Reaper781@reddit

Greatest country song ever written.

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UPVOTE_IF_POOPING@reddit

Some of his other tracks….. not so much

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redgeck0@reddit

Hey i really enjoyed "Fuckin' in the Butt"

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UPVOTE_IF_POOPING@reddit

Don’t forget about the classic, “cumstains on the pillow”

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SusSoos@reddit

Or "Lay me down some rails", which includes the line "[HARD-R]s made me vote for segregation, and cocaine makes me hard as a rock"

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Dapoopers@reddit

I heard that Shel Silverstein was somehow involved with him recording some of these.

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redgeck0@reddit

I actually had these on an mp3 player in elementary school, my dad set it up for me. Even Ninja (not actually ninja) Fucker

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RunInRunOn@reddit

Who the hell is @Style_N_Profile?

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james_a_hetfield@reddit

By the way he just passed away today

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FlippersMccuddlebud@reddit

I’m grateful that I was able to rock out to his greatest hits because I was reminded of him by this post. RIP

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YohanCapichelli@reddit (OP)

Wow. That's a crazy crazy coincidence. I'm actually stunned. Rest in peace DAC. It's time to hear your name 🤟🏼

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Squeeblz88@reddit

The number of children here with no knowledge of the GREATEST country and western song ever written is wild.

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Icy_Magician_9372@reddit

I'm not a child I just find country music to be universally shit.

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Squeeblz88@reddit

And reference to children here isn't based on musical taste. The song came out in '75. I presume it to be outside of the cultural zeitgeist of the zoomers running around on Reddit now.

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Icy_Magician_9372@reddit

I'm just saying that someone who thinks the genre sucks probably won't be very tapped into anything in that genre regardless of their generation.

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Squeeblz88@reddit

I guess. I don't care much for country either, but it's a pretty genre transcendent song based on who sang it. Then again, that's just my opinion and I won't begrudge you yours.

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