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