i work down at ashbury hills
minimum wage but it pays the bills
cleaning floors, leading hymns on sunday
katherine davis room 303
sweetest soul you ever could meet
i bring her mornin coffee everyday

chorus:
she calls me raymond
she thinks im her son
tells me get washed up for supper
'fore ya daddy gets home
she goes on about the weather
how she can't believe its already 1943
she calls me raymond
and thats alright by me

she talks about clothes on the line
the summer air, christmas morning
and thanksgiving prayers
stories of a family that i never had
well sometimes i find myself wishing i'd been there

chorus:
when she calls me raymond
she thinks im her son
she says get washed up for supper
'fore your daddy gets home
she goes on about the weather
how she can't believe its already 1943
she calls me raymond
and thats alright by me

there's a small white cross in arlington
reads raymond davis '71
until she can see his face again
im gonna fill in the best i can

chorus:
when she calls me raymond
she thinks im her son
she says get washed up for supper
'fore your daddy gets home
she goes on about the weather
how she can't believe its already 1943
she calls me raymond
and thats alright by me

she calls me raymond
and thats alright by me