[ti:The Heel] [ar:Eartha Kitt] [al:All Over The World] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Heel - Eartha Kitt [00:05.24]Written by:Léo Ferré/Willard Robison [00:10.48]The one who has me for his own [00:12.09]Is on the town and I'm alone [00:13.68]In his blue suit and his new tie [00:15.27]He slams the door without goodbye [00:20.36]Tonight my eyes are jealous green [00:21.91]Tonight I'm melancholy mean [00:23.49]He meets in secret rendezvous [00:25.22]Some dame to tell his troubles to [00:28.17]The heel [00:31.77]He'll promise her most anything [00:33.33]A sable coat a diamond ring [00:34.85]She'll find him out when its too late [00:36.62]And all she'll get will be the date [00:41.76]But while the dawn's a distant thing [00:43.28]In his embrace her heart will sing [00:45.01]A dizzy head will spin with lies [00:46.58]And all too soon a woman cries [00:49.66]The heel [00:53.26]The neon lights that flash below [00:54.83]Ignite my room with double glow [00:56.44]And in the gloom I hear a laugh [00:58.12]It's coming from his photograph [01:03.12]I wring my hands and mop the floor [01:04.77]And swear to even up the score [01:06.16]But where a kitten cried tonight [01:08.10]A panther waits to claw and bite [01:10.86]The heel [01:14.55]I dare not play my radio [01:16.22]One more complaint and out I go [01:17.74]I'm sick of playing solitaire [01:19.45]The ace of spades is everywhere [01:24.57]They'll be no sleep for me tonight [01:26.01]The sheep I count are never white [01:27.61]They all turn out to be jet black [01:29.29]And who's the leader of the pack [01:32.32]The heel [01:35.98]At dawn I know he'll stagger in [01:37.67]Demanding coffee black as sin [01:39.23]And as I take it from the tin [01:40.81]I'll slip a little powder in [01:45.88]He'll look at me and start to cry [01:47.50]And cross his heart and hope to die [01:49.31]And mumble I know how you feel [01:50.95]But I've been on a business deal [01:53.79]The heel [01:57.52]Then as the pot begins to perc [01:58.95]I know my plan will never work [02:00.54]When he starts to drink it up [02:02.16]I grab his hand and break the cup [02:07.47]It's only jealousy I know [02:08.98]That brought my thinking down so low [02:10.63]Why must I wait for him and grieve [02:12.31]Why don't I just pack up and leave [02:15.35]The heel [02:19.06]But now he's reeling on the stair [02:20.48]I'll try to act like I don't care [02:22.32]For in my heart's arithmetic [02:23.78]I find it takes two heels to click [02:28.92]We're in a web of love and hate [02:30.51]Where it will end is up to fate [02:32.10]I'll let him have his little flings [02:33.69]I'll be the chewing gum that clings [02:36.47]To the heel