Interpret:

June Carter Cash

Album:

Louisiana Hayride

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