If you ever been mistreated
Then you know
Just what I'm talking about
If you ever been
Mistreated people
You know just
What I'm talking about
I tell you I worked:
«I worked five long years
For a woman
And she had the nerve
To put me out»
You know I got a job
In a steel mill
Trucking steel like a slave
Five long years:
«Every Friday I went
Straight home
With all of my pay»
If you ever been
Mistreated people
Then you know
Just what I'm talking about
I tell you: «I worked
I worked five long years
For a woman,
And she had the nerve
To put me out»
But you know
I finally learned a lesson
A long, long time ago
The next woman
That I marry:
«She gotta work
And bring in the dough»
If you been
Mistreated people
Then you know
Just what I'm talking about
I tell you: «I worked
I worked five long years
For a woman
She had the nerve
She had the nerve
To put me out»