A Woman's

The one who has me for his own
Is on the town and not alone
In his blue suit and his new tie
He slams the door without goodbye
Tonight my eyes are jealous green
Tonight i'm melancholy mean
He meets in secret rendezvous
Some dame to tell his troubles to
The heel

He'll promise her most anything
A sable coat, a diamond ring
She'll find him out when its too late
And all she'll get will be the date
But while the dawn's a distant thing
In his embrace her heart will sing
A dizzy head will spin with lies
And all too late a woman cries
The heel

The neon lights that flash below
Ignite my room with double glow
And in the gloom i hear a laugh
Its coming from his photograph
I wring my hands and mop the floor
And swear to even up the score
But where a kitten cried tonight
A panther waits to claw and bite
The 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
They'll be no sleep for me tonight
The sheep i count are never white
They all turn out to be jet black
And who's the leader of the pack
The heel

At dawn i know he'll stagger in
Demanding coffee black as sin
And as i take it from the tin
I'll slip a little powder in
He'll look at me 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

Then as the pot begins to perc.
I know my plan will never work
When he starts to drink it up
I grab his hand and break the cup
Its only jealousy i know
That brought my thinking down so low
Why must i wait for him and grieve
Why don't i just pack up and leave
The heel

But now he's reeling on the stair
I'll try to act like i don't care
For in my heart's arithmetic
I find it takes two heels to click
We're in a web of love and hate
Where it will end is up to fate
I'll let him have his little flings
I'll be the chewing gum that clings
To the heel

All hands on deck
We're all afloat
I heard the captain cry
Explore the ship
Replace the cook
Let no one leave alive

Across the straits
Around the horn
How far can sailors fly
The twisted path
Our tortured course
And no left alive

We sailed for parts
Unknown to man
Where ships come home to die
No lofty peak
No fortress bold
Could match our captain's eye

Upon the seventh
Seasick day
We made our port of call
The sun so white
And the sea so blue
No mortal place at all

We fired the gun
And burned the mast
And rode from ship to shore
The captain cried
We sailors wept
But our tears were tears of joy

How many moons
And how many junes
Have passed since we made love
A salty dog
And a seaman's log
Your witness my own pain

I've spent many a night
Lying on my back
Waiting for the dawn
To pierce and crack
And the ceiling
Hanging from the sky
And i envy the boy
Who grabbed the toy
And ran away
And found a joy
While i stood in the shadows
Wondering why

Flying towards me
Then he laughs
A woman's face
The terrible taste
Of the morning after kisses
And goodbyes
I could never seem to catch my footsteps
Have desires, they fly away
Every day i have to fight the plague

How can i sleep in hours like this
When anguish tracks me like a fist
My nakedness exposed, i can't stand
Still i...try to remember lips on lips
Hips on hips and ice on fire
In gloom and glow
When did they leave the man

In the mirror of the night i see
A face that staring out at me
Like a fallen star
Burned itself out
Like a deadly scrapes
Across the ground
My voice cried out
In a gravelled sound
No one's there to hear me
But the plague

Straining hard to see
Running after me
I keep pounding pounding on the door
But it's all so vague
When you meet the plague
And i keep coming
I keep coming back for more

There are many who have laid with me
Then got up and walked away from me
And played around with me like i was a game
Every night was a one night fling
When i'd given them everything
They never even asked me for my name
God they never even asked me for my name

Now i've found real love
Make no mistake about it
Now that i feel love
I just can't live without it
So if you love me
The way i love you
Why can't we spend our lives as one

My reputation was all over town
As a woman who was passed around
I knew every wrong way to go
Seen every room with a bed inside it
And every habit i've tried, i tried it
But from now on i say hell no
No but from now on i say hell no

Now i've found real love
Make no mistake about it
Now that i feel love
I just can't live without it
So if you love me
The way i love you
Why can't we spend our lives as one
Why can't we spend our lives as one