By Ben Becker & Kyndal Inskeep
Verse 1 [MALE]
I was 16, stubborn and filled with pride
With a mouth full of venom I was ready to bite
Mama was an angel
But she wasn’t afraid to send me back where I came from
We drove for miles, going back and forth
It was headed south, we were driving north
Said, “If my wife is anything like you, I’ll hate her.”
Not a word of it phased her
She stopped in the road
It shook my soul when she replied
CHORUS [MALE]
If you treat her like you treat me
I know just what you’ll find
A broken heart from a long lost love
That you never treated right
Don’t speak the way you’re speaking
‘Cause I know just what you’ll get
Oh, I can take the beating
But she’ll be up and leaving
If you treat her like you treat me
Verse 2 [FEMALE]
He was 22, stubborn and so was I
With a mind too young for a heart on fire
Just out of Denver
[MALE] And I was looking for any way that I could offend her
I took Highway 87, going 75
He went 0 to 100, no stop in sigh
[MALE] I said “Sometimes I wonder why we’re still together.”
[MALE] “And if I could do better.”
CHORUS 2 [FEMALE]
If you treat her like you treat me
I know just what you’ll find
A broken heart from a long lost love
That you never treated right
Don’t speak the way you’re speaking
‘Cause I know just what you’ll get
Ooo and I can take the beating
But she’ll be up and leaving
If you treat her like you treat me
BRIDGE [MALE]
Well I swore I’d changed that night
And two years later we got married
Then the good LORD changed our lives
With a precious little lady
As we pulled out of the hospital
I asked myself if it was possible
To be the kind of father she deserved
That’s when she cut right through the silence with these words
CHORUS 3 [FEMALE]
If you treat her like you treat me
I know just what you’ll find
A woman crowned in dignity
‘Cause daddy did it right
Don’t speak the way you’re speaking
‘Cause I know just what you’ll get
As long as your heart’s beating
She’s got someone to believe in
If you treat her like you treat me