The one who has me for his own
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Is on the town and not alone
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In his blue suit and his new tie
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He slams the door without goodbye
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Tonight my eyes are jealous green
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Tonight I'm melancholy mean
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He meets in secret rendezvous
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Some dame to tell his troubles to
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The heel
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He'll promise her most anything
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A sable coat, a diamond ring
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She'll find him out when its too late
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And all she'll get will be the date
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But while the dawn's a distant thing
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In his embrace her heart will sing
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A dizzy head will spin with lies
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And all too late a woman cries
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The heel
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The neon lights that flash below
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Ignite my room with double glow
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And in the gloom I hear a laugh
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Its coming from his photograph
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I wring my hands and mop the floor
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And swear to even up the score
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But where a kitten cried tonight
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A panther waits to claw and bite
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The heel
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I dare not play my radio
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One more complaint and out I go
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I'm sick of playing solitaire
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The ace of spades is everywhere
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There'll be no sleep for me tonight
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The sheep I count are never white
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They all turn out to be jet black
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And who's the leader of the pack
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The heel
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At dawn I know he'll stagger in
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Demanding coffee black as sin
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And as I take it from the tin
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I'll slip a little powder in
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He'll look at me and start to cry
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And cross his heart and hope to die
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And mumble I know how you feel
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But I've been on a business deal
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The heel
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Then as the pot begins to perc.
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I know my plan will never work
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When he starts to drink it up
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I grab his hand and break the cup
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Its only jealousy I know
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That brought my thinking down so low
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Why must I wait for him and grieve
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Why don't I just pack up and leave
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The heel
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But now he's reeling on the stair
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I'll try to act like I don't care
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For in my heart's arithmetic
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I find it takes two heels to click
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We're in a web of love and hate
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Where it will end is up to fate
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I'll let him have his little flings
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I'll be the chewing gum that clings
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To the heel
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The Heel
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Marc Almond |