She was just sixteen, she was so sweet and clean She walked just like she know where she'd been She set my blood on fire, I said "Are you for hire?" That's when she turned on me and screamed: "That ain't no way to treat a lady That ain't no way to treat a lady." She had a Southern smile, had a New York style I couldn't let her get away She was the girl of my dreams And because I was mean, I had to listen to her say "That ain't no way to treat a lady That ain't no way to treat a lady." I had to have her bad, but she left me mad; That ain't the way it should be I'm gonna find that girl, take her around the world I'm gonna love her 'till she screams: "That ain't no way to treat a lady That ain't no way to treat a lady."