Hazel Dickens - Don't Put Her Down, You Helped Put Her ThereLyrics

You pull the string She's your plaything You can make her or break her, it's true You abuse her, accuse her Turn her round and use her Then forsake her any time it suits you There's more to her than powder and paint Than her peroxided bleached-out hair And if she acts that way It's 'cause you've had your day Don't put her down, you helped put her there She hangs around Playing her clown While her soul is aching inside She's heartbreak's child She just lives for your smile To build her up in a world made by man There's more to her than powder and paint Than her peroxided bleached-out hair And if she acts that way It's 'cause you've had your day Don't put her down, you helped put her there At the house down the way You sneak and you pay For her love, her body or her shame Then you call yourself a man And say you just don't understand How a woman could turn out that way There's more to her than powder and paint The men she picks up at the bar And if she acts that way It's 'cause you've had your day Don't put her down, you helped put her there And if she acts that way It's 'cause you've had your day Don't put her down, you helped put her there