Don't Call Me Gone

I was standin' in my hotel room wearin' mama's dresses
Thinkin' 'bout the time I used to be a country girl
And all the time I 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
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"

It was rainin' when I left her, it was rainin' when I got there
The lights 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", 'cause I'm not
Don't call me "gone", 'cause I'm not
Don't call us "gone", 'cause we're not
We're comin' home

We read our mama's letter, so we packed and took the bus home
Found her cryin' softly by the headstone of his grave
Took her hand and then we led her like a little girl
To the door and 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"