I was
standing in my hotel room
Wearing mama's dresses
Thinking about the time I
used to be a country girl
And all the time I've heard
my daddy say to me
Get down off that horse
and come inside
The next time that you see me,
you won't know what to call me
Next time that you look around,
I'll be gone
Call me lover, call me baby
Call me anything but don't call me gone
It was raining when I left her,
it was raining when I got there
The light so bright I couldn't hide
my tired and lonely eyes
The money goes,
and when your next meal is a stranger
The red light that you see
said come inside
The next time that you see me you
won't know what to call me
The next time that you look
around I'll be gone
Call me lover, call me baby
Call me anything but
don't call me gone
Don't call me gone, cos I'm not
Don't call me gone, cos I'm not
Don't call us gone
Cos we're not, we're coming home
We read our mother's letter
So we packed and took the bus home
Found her crying softly by the
headstone of his grave
Took her hand and then we
led her like a little girl
To the door then followed her inside
The next time that you see me
You won't know what to call me
The next time that you look around
I'll be gone
Call me lover, call me baby
Call me anything but don't call me gone
Call me lover, call me baby
Call me anything but don't call me gone