five long years

Singer:b.b. king

if you ever been mistreated

then you know just what i'm talking about. if you ever been mistreated people

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 in 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 gotta work and bring in the dough. if you 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.