You Can't Mistreat Me

You thought I'd wait for you

To come home at night

You thought I believed your alibi

Tonight you'll come home

To an empty room

You can't mistreat me

If I'm not around for you

I had to step back

Take a long view

And what I saw

Ooooh it just won't do

It's over now

All the pain you put me through

You can't mistreat me

If I'm not around for you

I still love you baby

But there's only so much I can stand

Like always spending more time

Waiting for you to be a man

I know I must build

A life of my own

And you also carry

You too have to carry on

It's over now

All the pain you put me through

You can't mistreat me

If I'm not around for you

You can't mistreat me

If I'm not around for you