The Heel - June Carter Cash

The man who has me for his own is on the town and I’m alone

In his new suit and his blue tie

He slammed that door without goodbye

Tonight my eyes are jealous green

Tonight I’m feeling mighty mean

He meets in secret rendezvous

Some gal to tell his troubles to

That dirty low down heel

He’ll promise her most anything a sable coat a diamond ring

And she’ll find out when it’s too late and all she’ll get will be the gate

But while the dawn’s a distant thing in his embrace her heart will sing

Her dizzy head will spin with lies

And all too soon a woman cries

That dirty low down heel

The neon lights that flash below ignite my room with devil glow

And in the gloom I hear a laugh that’s coming from his photograph

I ring my hands and walk the floor and swear to even up the score

For where a kitten cries tonight a panther waits to claw and bite

That dirty low down heel

I dare not play my radio one more complaint and out I go

I’m sick of playing solitaire the ace of spades is everywhere

There’ll be no sleep for me tonight the sheep I count are never white

They all turn out to be jet black and whose the leader of the pack

The heel

At dawn I know heʼll stagger in demanding coffee black as sin and

As I pour it from the tin ill slip a little powder in

He’ll ring his hands and start to cry and cross his heart and hope to die and

mumble

I know how you feel but I’ve been on a business deal

The heel

But as the pot begins to perk I know my plan will never work and as he starts

to drink it up

I’ll take his hand and break the cup

It’s only jealousy I know that’s brought my thinking down so low

Why must I just sit here and grieve

Why don’t I just pack up and leave

That dirty low down heel

But now hes really on the stairs I try to act like I don’t care

For in my hearts arithmetic I find it takes two heels to click

We’re in our world of love and hate where it will end is up to fate

And I’ll let him have his little fling and be the chewing gum that clings

To that dirty low down heel

That low down lovable heel