Lyrics Five Long Years.lrc John Lee Hooker
[id: isfdsidd]
[ar: John Lee Hooker]
[al: Burning Hell]
[ti: Five Long Years]
[length: 03:38]
[00:20.37]If you’ve ever been mistreated
[00:25.58]You’ll know just what I’m talkin’ about
[00:31.01]
[00:35.73]If you’ve ever been mistreated
[00:40.63]You’ll know just what I’m talkin’ about
[00:46.08]
[00:51.28]I waited five long years for one woman
[00:55.86]She had the nerve to put me out
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[01:10.32]I got a job in a steel mill, truckin’ steel like a slave
[01:17.88]Five years of fright a-runnin’ straight home with all my pay
[01:24.92]I been mistreated
[01:29.86]You know just what I’m talkin’ about
[01:35.67]
[01:38.70]I waited five long years for one woman
[01:44.67]She had the nerve to put me out
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[01:52.53]Yes, yes, yeah
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[02:41.46]I’ve finally learned to listen
[02:45.06]I should a long, long time ago
[02:49.61]Next woman I marry, she got to work and bring me some gold, oh, yeah
[02:59.59]You know just what I’m talkin’ about
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[03:07.93]I waited five long years for one woman
[03:12.42]She had the nerve to put me out, oh, yeah
[03:19.87]It’s too bad, too bad
[03:23.59]Year of Release: 1961