All my friends had to ask me
Sump'in they didn't understand
How I get, all the womens
In the palm of my hand

I told 'em treat her like a lady
Do the best you can do
You gotta treat her like a lady
An' she'll give in to you
Oh, you can see, you know what I mean

I know you heard that the woman
Soon take advantage-a you
Let me tell you, my friend
There just ain't no substitute

You oughta treat her like a lady
Do the best you can do
You gotta treat her like a lady
(Treat her like, you gotta, gotta treat her like)
She'll give in to you
Whoa, you can see, you know what I mean

Oh, you've got to love her
(Love her)
And tease her
(Tease her)
But most of all you've got to please her
(Yeah)

You've got to hold her
(Hold her)
And want her
(Want her)
And make her feel you'll always need her
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
You know a woman, is sentimental
And so easy to upset
(Yeah, eah)

So make her feel, that she's for real
And she'll give you happiness
Whoa oh oh, strange as it seem
You know you can't treat a woman mean

So my friends
(Treat her like)
There you have it
(Treat her like)

Said it's the easy
(Treat her like)
Simple way
(Treat her like)

If ya fail
(Treat her like)
To do this
(Treat her like)
Don't blame her
(Treat her like)
If she look my way
(Treat her like)

'Cause I'm gonna treat her like a lady
So eventually
I'm gonna treat her like a lady
(Got to, got to treat her like)
She'll give in to me
Oh, you can see, you know what I mean

Yeah, you've got to treat her like a lady
Do the best you can do
You gotta treat her like a lady
(Treat her like, got to, got to treat her like)
And she'll give in to you

Treat her like, got to, got to treat her like
Treat her like, got to, got to treat her like
Treat her like, got to, got to treat her like