The Heel-Eartha Kitt

[ti:The Heel] [ar:Eartha Kitt] [al:The RCA Recordings 1953-1958] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Heel - Eartha Kitt [00:05.42]Written by：Wilson Ferre Robison [00:10.84]The one who has me for his own [00:12.31]Is on the town and I'm alone [00:13.86]In his blue suit and his new tie [00:15.63]He slammed the door without goodbye [00:18.83] [00:20.66]Tonight my eyes are jealous green [00:22.28]Tonight I'm melancholy mean [00:23.99]He meets in secret rendezvous [00:25.55]Some dame to tell his troubles to [00:28.46]The heel [00:32.12]He'll promise her most anything [00:33.69]A sable coat a diamond ring [00:35.40]She'll find him out when it's too late [00:37.00]And all she gets will be a date [00:40.60] [00:41.92]But while the dawn's a distant thing [00:43.61]In his embrace her heart will sing [00:45.32]Her dizzy head will spin with lies [00:47.02]And all too soon a woman cries [00:49.80]The heel [00:53.60]The neon lights that flash below [00:55.44]Ignite my room with double glow [00:56.84]And in the room I hear a laugh [00:58.49]It's coming from his photograph [01:01.83] [01:03.35]I ring my hands and walk the floor [01:05.02]And swear to even up the score [01:06.60]For where a kitten cried tonight [01:08.34]A panther waits to claw and bite [01:10.41] [01:11.12]The heel [01:14.89]I dare not play my radio [01:16.45]One more complaint and out I go [01:18.22]I'm sick of playing solitaire [01:19.74]The ace of spades is everywhere [01:23.72] [01:24.77]There'll be no sleep for me tonight [01:26.36]The sheep I count are never white [01:28.04]They all turn out to be jet black [01:29.61]And who's the leader of the pack [01:31.57] [01:32.47]The heel [01:35.55] [01:36.31]At dawn I know he'll stagger in [01:38.06]Demanding coffee black as sin [01:39.79]And as I take it from the tin [01:41.24]I slip a little powder in [01:44.93] [01:46.12]He'll look at me and start to cry [01:47.88]And 'cross his heart and hope to die [01:49.64]And mumble I know how you feel [01:51.14]But I've been on a business deal [01:53.30] [01:53.85]The heel [01:57.75]Then as the pot begins to perk [01:59.44]I know my plan will never work [02:00.96]But when he starts to drink it up [02:02.60]I'll grab his hand and break the cup [02:06.61] [02:07.90]It's only jealousy I know [02:09.34]That brought my thinking down so low [02:11.01]Why must I wait for him and grieve [02:12.82]Why don't I just pack up and leave [02:15.05] [02:15.62]The heel [02:18.74] [02:19.28]But no he's really on the stair [02:20.99]I'll try to act like I don't care [02:22.65]For in my heart's arithmetic [02:24.19]I find it takes two heels to click [02:26.45] [02:29.16]We're in a web of love and hate [02:30.76]Where it will end is up to fate [02:32.56]I'll let him have his little fling [02:34.07]I'll be the chewing gum that clings [02:36.33] [02:36.84]To the heel [02:40.05]Ha ha ha ha ha [02:40.92]Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha