If you ever been mistreated

Then you know just what I'm talking about

If you ever been mistreated people

Oh, 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 at 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 got to work and bring in the dough

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

She had the nerve

She had the nerve to put me out