Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady

Album: No Way To Treat A Lady (1975)
Charted: 8
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  • I guess it was yourself you were involved with,
    I would've sworn it was me.
    I might've 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 bein' a picture,
    With all the colors, I know,
    While you were busy lookin' into
    Wide blue mirrors and lovin' 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;
    And see the times you never felt me lovin' you or needin' you,
    So leavin' you now, you still won't know how to feel the pain.

    I was lookin' out for my happiness
    While you were lookin' within
    And before you knew your own reflection
    Always starts to tire you, 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. Writer/s: HARRIET SCHOCK
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • SrrI’m sure someone has already said that the melody was taken from Vasily Kalinnikov’s First Symphony?
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyHelen Reddy, the Australian singer whose hits included the 1972 chart-topping feminist anthem “I Am Woman”, passed away on September 29th, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. She was 78 years old...
    Between 1971 and 1981 the Melbourne, Australian native had twenty-one records make the Top 100 chart, six made the Top 10 with half of them reaching #1, "I Am Woman" for 1 week in 1972, "Delta Dawn" for 1 week in 1973, and "Angie Baby" for 1 week in 1974...
    Besides her three #1 records, her three other Top 10 records were "Leave My Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" {#3 in 1973}, "You and Me Against the World" {#9 in 1974}, and "Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady" {#8 in 1975}...
    May she R.I.P.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn August 15, 1975, Helen Reddy was the host on the NBC-TV musical variety late-night program 'The Midnight Special"...
    At the time her "Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady"* was at #62 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart, a little over seven weeks later it would peak at #8 {for 2 weeks} and it spent 16 weeks on the Top 100...
    And on September 26th it peaked at #1 {for 1 week} on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart...
    On the Canadian RPM Singles chart it peaked at #2 {for 2 weeks} on October 11th, the two songs that kept it out of the top spot were "Third Rate Romance" by the Amazing Rhythm Aces and "I'm Sorry" by John Denver...
    While in her native Australia it only reached #94 on the Kent Music chart...
    Between 1971 and 1981 Ms. Reddy had twenty one songs make the Top 100; six made the Top 10 with half of them reaching #1, "I Am Woman" for 1 week in 1972, "Delta Dawn" for 1 week in 1973, and "Angie Baby" for 1 week in 1974...
    Helen Maxine Lamond Reddy will celebrate her 76th birthday in two months on October 25th {2017}...
    * She did not perform 'Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady" on this episode of 'The Midnight Special'
  • Larry from New York City, NyExcellent lyric's and moving song.
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