You Put Me Through the Wringer (and You Hung Me Out to Dry)
Lyrics and music by Ed Perrone (BMI)
Copyright © 2003 Ed Perrone. All rights reserved.
Digital single (2010)
I felt so sad and lonely,
Like I never did before.
I thought I was your one and only
‘Til you kicked me out the door.
I never thought I’d see the time
You’d trample on my heart.
But you chewed me up and you spit me out
And that was just the start.
You put me through the wringer
And you hung me out to dry.
My life’s in little pieces now
And you’re the reason why.
My friends say, “Keep your chin up,”
But I just want to cry
‘Cause you put me through the wringer
And you hung me out to dry.
I went to the local barroom
To drown my woes in a cup of brew.
I started feeling better
After I’d put down a few.
Then a man walked up beside me,
He said, “Son, you’re in my chair.”
Then he poured my beer into my lap
And sent me flying through the air.
He put me through the wringer
And he hung me out to dry.
My life’s in little pieces now
And he’s the reason why.
My friends say, “Keep your chin up,”
But I just want to cry
‘Cause he put me through the wringer
And he hung me out to dry.
I went out to Las Vegas
To try my luck at the gamblin’ hall.
The travel agent lady said
That I would have a ball.
But after three days at them tables
I got nothin’ left to show.
Them tables cleaned my pockets,
Now I got no place to go.
Well, they put me through the wringer
And they hung me out to dry.
My life’s in little pieces now
And they’re the reason why.
My friends say, “Keep your chin up,”
But I just want to cry
‘Cause they put me through the wringer
And they hung me out to dry.
You put me through the wringer
And you hung me out to dry.