Don’t Put Her Down You Helped Put Her There

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Hazel Dickens] You pull the string, she's your plaything You can make her or break her, it's true You abuse her, accuse her, turn around and use her Then forsake her anytime it suits you [Chorus: Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard] Well, there's more to her than powder and paint Than her peroxided, bleached-out hair Well, if she acts that way, it's 'cause you've had your day Don't put her down, you helped put her there [Verse 2: Hazel Dickens] She hangs around, playin' the clown While her soul is aching insidе She's heartbreak's child 'causе she just lives for your smile To build her up in a world made by men [Chorus: Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard] Well, there's more to her than powder and paint Than her peroxided, bleached-out hair Well, if she acts that way, it's 'cause you've had your day Don't put her down, you helped put her there [Verse 3: Hazel Dickens] At the house down the way, you sneak and you pay For her love, her body, her shame Then you call yourself a man, you say you just don't understand How a woman could turn out that way [Chorus: Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard] Well, there's more to her than powder and paint Than the men she picks up at the bar Well, if she acts that way, it's 'cause you've had your day Don't put her down, you helped put her there Well, if she acts that way, it's 'cause you've had your day Don't put her down, you helped put her there