i guess it was yourself you were involved with i would have sworn it was me i might have found out sooner if you d only let me close enough to see that ain t no way to treat a lady no way to treat your baby your woman your friend that ain t no way to treat a lady no way but maybe it s a way for us to end i was only being a picture with all the colors i know while you were busy looking into wide blue mirrors and loving the show that ain t no way to treat a lady no way to treat your baby your woman your friend that ain t no way to treat a lady no way but maybe it s a way for us to end there s a funny kind of consolation keeping me sane and i d really like to share it crawl on deep in my brain you see the time you never felt me loving you or needing you so leaving you now you still won t know how to feel the pain i was looking out for my happiness while you were looking within and before you know your own reflection always starts to tire you and it s happened again that ain t no way to treat a lady no way to treat your baby your woman your friend that ain t no way to treat a lady no way but maybe it s a way for us to end that ain t no way to treat a lady no way to treat your baby your woman your friend that ain t no way to treat a lady no way but maybe it s a way for us to end