Wife Beater Songtext
von Drive‐By Truckers

You met him at the dance hall
You only saw his charms
You said he really swept you off your feet
But then one night he′s drinking
And jealousy enraged
He knocked out two of your front teeth

So you come over to hide out at my place
I guess I should have killed him there and then
But you begged me not to, now you say he's changed
Then you′re gonna go back to him


Don't give me that bull 'bout how it′s for the children
A man like that could never be a dad
What happens when he kills you, what will they do then?
Sometimes you ought to ask yourself that

Don′t go back to him, he's a wife beater
You′d be better off with this potato eater
He says he's changed, don′t be a fool
A man like that's no good for you
A man like that′s no good for you

Don't go back to him, he's a wife beater
You′d be better off with this potato eater
He says he′s changed, don't be a fool

A man like that′s no good for you
A man like that's no good for you
A man like that′s no good for you