Lyrics John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker

Five Long Years

If you've ever been mistreated, you know just what I'm

talkin' about

If you've ever been mistreated, you know just what I'm

talkin' about

I worked five long years for one woman, she had the nerve

to put me out

I got a job in a steel mill, truckin' steel like a slave

Five years of fright runnin' straight home with all my

pay

I been mistreated, you know just what I'm talkin' about

I worked five long years for one woman, she had the nerve

to put me out

Yes, yes, yeah

I fin'ly learned to listen, I should a long, long time

ago

Next woman I marry, she got to work and bring me some

gold, oh yeah

You know just what I'm talkin' about

I worked five long years for one woman, she had the nerve

to put me out, oh yeah

It's too bad, too bad