Five Long Years
by 
Eddie Boyd 
recording of 1963 
from 
The Best Of The Blues (Collectables 7118) 
If you've ever been mistreated, you know what I'm talkin' about 
If you ever been mistreated, you know what I'm talkin' about 
I worked five long years for one woman and the she had the nerve to put me out 
Got a job in a steel mill, shuckin' steel like a slave 
Five long years, ev'ry Friday, I went straight home with my pay 
I've been mistreated, ah, you know what I'm talkin' about 
I worked five long years on one woman, now she has the nerve to put me out 
I finally learned a lesson a long, long time ago 
Next woman I marry she's gotta, work an' bring me some dough 
'Cause I've, I've been mistreated, you know what I'm talkin' about 
I worked five long years for one woman, now she got the nerve to put me out 
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Note: Vee-Jay 1072, released in 1963.