Five Long Years

If you've ever been mistreated

You'll know just what I'm talkin' about

If you've ever been mistreated

You'll know just what I'm talkin' about

I waited five long years for one woman

She had the nerve to put me out

I got a job in a steel mill, truckin' steel like a slave

Five years of fright a-runnin' straight home with all my pay

I been mistreated

You know just what I'm talkin' about

I waited five long years for one woman

She had the nerve to put me out

Yes, yes, yeah

I've finally learned to listen

I should a long, long time ago

Next woman I marry, she got to work and bring me some gold, oh, yeah

You know just what I'm talkin' about

I waited five long years for one woman

She had the nerve to put me out, oh, yeah

It's too bad, too bad