Five Long Years

Five Long Years - Freddie King

Have you ever been mistreated

You know just what I'm talking about

Have you ever been mistreated

Then you know just what I'm talking

About

I work five long years for one woman

And she had

The nerve to kick me out

I got a job at a steel mill I'm shucking steel

Like a slave

Five long years every Friday y'all I went straight

I've been

I've been Mistreated

You know what I'm talking about

I work five long years for one woman

She had the nerve to kick me out

Oh yeah

Lord but I finally learned a lesson

I should have

Known long time ago

The next woman I marry

She gotta

Work long and bring me some dough yeah

I been mistreated

You know what I'm talking

About

I work five long years for one woman

She had

The nerve to kick me out

Oh yeah yeah yeah