Could He Treat You Better? lyrics

Could he treat you better, baby?

Tell it to me, do.

When he gives you freedoms,

are you finding they're too few?

Isn't he still willing, child,

to let you act like you're used to doin'?

If he answers you wrong, baby,

make sure that he's gone

by the next time I come through.

Did he take your money?

Did he turn away all your friends?

Did he make you look cheap and sleazy 

to please the eye of his businessmen?

Did he take your honor, make you trade it in for pride?

Oh, sister, be strong, you just keep on holding on,

but don't you stay on as his bride.

One day you're gonna die.

Someone will ask you: Who did you love?

You can say you tried your best.

You're gonna get your sweet rest.

He can't ever say enough.

Is it the kind of house now

where everybody's choosing sides

in a corner with your little boys and your little girls

wondering if you can survive?

Is there someone better to walk through this world with?

Oh, lady, be good, oh, Lord, act now as you should,

and will you make thy judgement swift?

One day you're gonna die.

Someone will ask you: Who did you love?

One day he's gonna die.

Sooner or later he's got to say,

"Remember me well 'cause I've bought my place in hell

and I've got so much left to pay."