Five Long Years

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"