You tell him what to do and where to go
You tell him what to wear…
You gotta…as long as you can keep her in her place
She gets twenty dollars a week to buy food
Well that's gotta feed the baby and it's gotta feed you
The only time you show her love is when you're in the bed
When she's laying there thinking that she'd rather be dead
She only sees .. that you might find
She sees the back of your hand as she cries
She thinks she knows love, but it's only lies
And it'll be like this 'till the day he dies
Woke up this morning wondering what she'd done wrong
When the last five years of her life had gone
She went to the drawer and pull out the knife
And said, "No dad, what have you done to your wife?"
As he lay there dying, he said under his breathe,
"You know I knew I shoulda beat you to d**h."
And I told her over and over again
She said, "I may have been beat, but I win in the end."
She only sees .. that you might find
She sees the back of your hand as she cries
She thinks she knows love, but it's only lies
And it'll be like this 'till the day he dies
Whoa
Whoa