Careless Barefoot Heel Lyrics

Careless Barefoot Heel

She was breathing on my neck

With breath as hot as summer air

And sunlight dancing playfully

All throughout her copper hair

She pinned me to a granite wall

With eyes as sharp as German steel

And ground my heart into the dirt

With just one careless barefoot heel

She hoisted me up by my eyes

And threw me on her bareback horse

Then told me there was gold to find

And asked "You in?" I said "Of course"

The horse's mane was in her hands

My own hands were around her waist

She turned her head to kiss my mouth

And locked me to her with that taste

She ate my soul for sustenance

While we climbed through rolling hills

Buffalo lay on the flats

Like mountain ranges of fresh kills

The days were long the nights too short

I hungered like an empty man

She fed me scraps and all along

I know that this had been her plan

The vultures left the buffalo

And followed us in single file

They in the sky us on the earth

Parading death mile after mile

We passed around each broken town

Until we reached the last outpost

Then under cover of a storm

She crept inside it like a ghost

Morning brought sun through the clouds

Which parted just like the Red Sea

The vultures swarmed the yellow light

And swallowed it gluttonously

Out of the shadow of the town

She came blowing like a gale

There was a sheriff giving chase

And closing quickly on her tail

I found a pistol in her bag

And steadily I drew a bead

Then knocked the sheriff from his horse

She stopped and turned to watch him bleed

Something passed between their eyes

I heard him say "I love you still"

Then all the vultures swarmed on him

And left no trace of the fresh kill

I should have felt remorseful

Instead of feeling satisfied

How could I feel pleasure knowing

By my hand a man had died?

"My husband's dead" she said and winked

"You're mine forever never free"

That's when I tried to run away

But she would not let my mind be

Again she breathed upon my neck

With breath as hot as summer air

And sunlight dancing playfully

All throughout her copper hair

She pinned me to a granite wall

With eyes as sharp as German steel

She'd ground my heart into the dirt

With just one careless barefoot heel