Don't Put Her Down You Helped Put Her There

You pull the string, she's your plaything

You can make her or break her, it's true

You abuse her, accuse her, turn around and use her

Then forsake her anytime it suits you

Well, there's more to her than powder and paint

Than her peroxided, bleached-out hair

Well, if she acts that way, it's 'cause you've had your day

Don't put her down, you helped put her there

She hangs around, playin' the clown

While her soul is aching inside

She's heartbreak's child 'cause she just lives for your smile

To build her up in a world made by men

Well, there's more to her than powder and paint

Than her peroxided, bleached-out hair

Well, if she acts that way, it's 'cause you've had your day

Don't put her down, you helped put her there

At the house down the way, you sneak and you pay

For her love, her body, her shame

Then you call yourself a man, you say you just don't understand

How a woman could turn out that way

Well, there's more to her than powder and paint

Than the men she picks up at the bar

Well, if she acts that way, it's 'cause you've had your day

Don't put her down, you helped put her there

Well, if she acts that way, it's 'cause you've had your day

Don't put her down, you helped put her there