I Treated You Badly

from All the Queen’s Men by Desert Ducks

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Every female artist seems to have an angry song, and this is mine. Some relationships are great... to get out of. I always think that my songs don't really come from me so much as through me. That is, they just come. This song came to me while I was pulling weeds from a flower bed, hot and itchy and streaked with dirt. It pretty much came all at once and I think it came together pretty quickly musically, too.

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I'm tired of walkin' on eggshells
Afraid I'll break the silence
And get your snide remarks instead
I'm tired of makin' excuses
Findin' reasons to avoid you
'Cause I know what you'll want in bed

I treated you badly and you flew
But I can't say I mind
'Cause you treated me badly, too
You treated me badly, too

I don't like wearin' what you want
I wish that you would love me
For the woman I am inside
You thought that you were entitled
Took me too many years to figure out
You'd never be satisfied

I treated you badly, now I'm free
But I can't say I mind
'Cause that's how you treated me
Didn't like how you treated me

Sometimes I still dream that you're nice to me
Then I wake up and remember the truth
You treated me like a whore
Did you think that I wouldn't want something more?

I'm sorry for the things I've done
I didn't mean to hurt you
I really didn't think you'd care
You didn't want conversation
The only thing you seemed concerned about
Was my underwear

I treated you badly, now we're through
But I can't say I mind
'Cause you treated me badly, too
You treated me badly, too

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from All the Queen’s Men, released November 25, 2016

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