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