Don't Put Her Down, You Helped Put Her There
You pull the string
She's your plaything
You can make her or break her, it's true
You abuse her, accuse her
Turn her round and use her
Then forsake her any time it suits you
There's more to her than powder and paint
Than her peroxided bleached-out hair
And if she acts that way
It's 'cause you've had your day
Don't put her down, you helped put her there
She hangs around
Playing her clown
While her soul is aching inside
She's heartbreak's child
She just lives for your smile
To build her up in a world made by man
There's more to her than powder and paint
Than her peroxided bleached-out hair
And if she acts that way
It's 'cause you've had your day
Don't put her down, you helped put her there
At the house down the way
You sneak and you pay
For her love, her body or her shame
Then you call yourself a man
And say you just don't understand
How a woman could turn out that way
There's more to her than powder and paint
The men she picks up at the bar
And if she acts that way
It's 'cause you've had your day
Don't put her down, you helped put her there
And if she acts that way
It's 'cause you've had your day
Don't put her down, you helped put her there
No la menosprecies, ayudaste a ponerla ahí
Tiras de la cuerda
Ella es tu juguete
Puedes hacerla o deshacerla, es cierto
La maltratas, la acusas
La das vueltas y la usas
Luego la abandonas cuando te conviene
Ella es más que polvo y maquillaje
Que su cabello decolorado
Y si actúa así
Es porque tú ya tuviste tu día
No la menosprecies, ayudaste a ponerla ahí
Ella ronda
Actuando como payasa
Mientras su alma está sufriendo por dentro
Ella es la hija del desamor
Ella solo vive por tu sonrisa
Para elevarla en un mundo hecho por el hombre
Ella es más que polvo y maquillaje
Que su cabello decolorado
Y si actúa así
Es porque tú ya tuviste tu día
No la menosprecies, ayudaste a ponerla ahí
En la casa de la esquina
Te escabulles y pagas
Por su amor, su cuerpo o su vergüenza
Luego te llamas a ti mismo hombre
Y dices que simplemente no entiendes
Cómo una mujer podría terminar así
Ella es más que polvo y maquillaje
Los hombres que recoge en el bar
Y si actúa así
Es porque tú ya tuviste tu día
No la menosprecies, ayudaste a ponerla ahí
Y si actúa así
Es porque tú ya tuviste tu día
No la menosprecies, ayudaste a ponerla ahí