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We used to go busking with nasty weather, in Carnaby Street, Soho and Oxford Street corners.

There were two Eddie Boyd songs that we included in our street sets, "Third Degree" and this one, "Five Long Years"

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Have you ever been mistreated? You know just what I'm talking about.
Have you ever been mistreated? You know just what I'm talking about.
I worked five long years for one woman, she had the nerve to put me out.

I got a job in a steel mill, shucking steel like a slave.
Five long years, every Friday I come straight back home with all my pay.

Have you ever been mistreated? You know just what I'm talking about.
I worked five long years for one woman, she had the nerve to put me out.

I finally learned my lesson, should a long time ago.
The next woman that I marry, she gonna work and bring me the dough.

Have you ever been mistreated? You know just what I'm talking about.
I worked five long years for one woman, she had the nerve,

She had the nerve,
She had the nerve,
She had the nerve to put me out.



Read more at http://www.songlyrics.com/eddie-boyd/five-long-years-lyrics/#meZG62JdGQGz9dAW.99

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from Dalston Junction Guitar Blues (EP, 2015), released November 11, 2015
Written by Eddie Boyd

Ramblin Matt: Vocals, Melodija Menges Archtop Guitar
Jonas Polidoro: Dobro Resonator

Recorded in Dalston, London, somewhere in 2010 using a BOSS BR recording unit. Captured live, no overdubs added.

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Ramblin Matt Valencia, Spain

Mateo Garcia, aka Ramblin Matt. Valencia in 1966. Delta Blues, Rockabilly and Southern Rock are the genres that he favors, alone or with his different bands since the 80s in Spain, 90s in the US (Chicago) and between 2006 and 2013 in London. His current project along Sara Gee has produced three albums and he has released "Early in the Morning" with friend and superb harmonicist Danny Boy Sánchez. ... more

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