BUDDY GUY - FIVE LONG YEARS

Five Long Years

BUDDY GUY

SONGWRITER: EDDIE BOYD

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: Damn Right, I've Got The Blues

LABEL: SILVERTON RECORDS

GENRE: BLUES

YEAR: 1991

"Five Long Years" is a song written and recorded by blues vocalist/pianist Eddie Boyd in 1952. Called one of the "few postwar blues standards [that has] retained universal appeal", Boyd's "Five Long Years" reached number one on the Billboard R&B chart. Numerous blues and other artists have recorded interpretations of the song.

Buddy Guy (nascido George Guy, em 30 de julho de 1936 em Lettsworth, Louisiana) é um guitarrista e cantor norte-americano de blues e rock. Conhecido por servir de inspiração para Jimi Hendrix e outras lendas dos anos 60, Guy é considerado um importante expoente do chamado Chicago blues, tornado famoso por Muddy Waters e Howlin' Wolf. Foi considerado o 23º melhor guitarrista de todos os tempos pela revista norte-americana Rolling Stone.

Lord, have you ever been mistreated

Then you got to, you got to know just what I'm talking about

Yes, have you ever been mistreated

Then you got to, you got to know just what I'm talking about

Lord 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 just like a slave

Five long years, every Friday y'all I went straight home yeah,

I went straight home

Mistreated

Then you got to, you got to know just what I'm talking about

Lord I work five long years for one woman,

And she had the nerve to kick me out

Lord but I finally learned a lesson,

I should have known long time ago

The next woman I marry, she gotta have two jobs,

And she gotta go out and work long and bring some dough

Lord, said I been mistreated

And you got to, you got to know just what I'm talking about

Lord I work five long years for one woman,

And she had the nerve to kick me out

Have you ever been mistreated

Then you got to, you got to know just what I'm talking about

Yes, have you ever been mistreated

Then you got to, you got to know just what I'm talking about

Lord 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 just like a slave

Five long years, every Friday yes yo'all I went straight home,

I went straight home with all my pay

Yes, I've been mistreated

And you got to, you got to know just what I'm talking about

Lord I work five long years for one woman,

And she had the nerve to kick me out

Lord I finally learned a lesson,

I should have known a long time ago

The next woman I marry, she gotta have two jobs,

And she gotta go out and work and bringing home some dough

I've been mistreated, yeah

And you, you know just what I'm talking about

I work five long years for one woman,

And she had the nerves to kick me out.