Five Long Years
Five Long Years -Memphis Slim
Composed by:Eddie Boyd
If you ever been mistreated
You know what I'm talking about
Have you ever been mistreated
You know what I'm talking about
I worked five long years for one woman
Then she had the nerve to put me out
I got a job in a steel mill
Shucking steel like a slave
Five long years baby
And I all my pay
Have you ever been mistreated
You know what I'm talking about
Yeah yeah
I worked five long years for one woman
She had the nerve to put me out
She put me out yeah
I finally learned my lesson
With me come ago
But the next woman that I marry
Now she gonna work and bring me the dough
Have you ever been mistreated people
You know what I'm talking about
Hey hey
Hey I worked five long years for one woman
Then she got me nerve to put me out
Yeah yeah play now play now
Love is a true now
Yeah yeah
Yeah
I finally learned my lesson
Yeah
Ever thing I now
The next woman that I marry
She gonna work and bring me the dough
Yeah
Have you ever been mistreated
You know what I'm talking about
How ever been do
I worked five long years for one woman
Then she had the nerve to put me out
Yeah yeah yeah all right
I here you man I here
Where the blues
Hey hey
Have you ever been mistreated people
Then you know what I'm talking about
Hey hey ohohoh
Have you ever been mistreated
Then you know what I'm talking about
Well I worked five long years for one woman
Then she had the nerve to put me out
Hey hey
She had the nerve