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Five Long Years
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Freddie King
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Lord, have you ever been mistreated
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Then you got to, you got to know just what I'm talking
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About
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Yes, have you ever been mistreated
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Then you got to, you got to know just what I'm talking
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About
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Lord I work five long years for one woman, and she had
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The nerve to kick me out
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I got a job at a steel mill, I'm shucking steel just
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Like a slave
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Five long years, every Friday y'all I went straight
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Home yeah, I went straight home
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Mistreated
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Then you got to, you got to know just what I'm talking
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About
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Lord I work five long years for one woman, and she had
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The nerve to kick me out
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Lord but I finally learned a lesson, I should have
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Known long time ago
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The next woman I marry, she gotta have two jobs,
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And she gotta go out and work long and bring some dough
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Lord, said I been mistreated
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And you got to, you got to know just what I'm talking
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About
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Lord I work five long years for one woman, and she had
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The nerve to kick me out
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Have you ever been mistreated
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Then you got to, you got to know just what I'm talking
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About
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Yes, have you ever been mistreated
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Then you got to, you got to know just what I'm talking
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About
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Lord I work five long years for one woman, and she had
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The nerve to kick me out
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I got a job at a steel mill, I'm shucking steel just
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Like a slave
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Five long years, every Friday yes y'all I went straight
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Home,
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I went straight home with all my pay
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Yes, I've been mistreated
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And you got to, you got to know just what I'm talking
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About
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Lord I work five long years for one woman, and she had
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The nerve to kick me out
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Lord I finally learned a lesson, I should have known a
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Long time ago
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The next woman I marry, she gotta have two jobs,
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And she gotta go out and work and bringing home some
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Dough
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I've been mistreated, yeah
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And you, you know just what I'm talking about
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I work five long years for one woman, and she had the
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Nerves to kick me out
Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years
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