The Mark Of A Heel Song Lyrics and Chords by Hank Thompson
The Mark Of A Heel
Recorded by Hank Thompson
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Every man must leave his footprints
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shifting sands of time
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I'll just leave the
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mark of a
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heel
She was mine for ten long years
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that's about ten thousand beers
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Not counting all the nights she was
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alone
Now
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divide the times she cried
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by the times that I have lied
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you'll wonder how she
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stood it for so
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long
Funny thing now that she's gone
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I'm home every night alone
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The bright lights have lost all their
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appeal
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I thought she'd always be
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here at home to comfort me
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never thought a broken
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heart could be so
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real
Repeat #1
When the book of time is read
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and all the words have all been said
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More than likely there'll be a special word for
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me
For
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the fool that I have been
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and the sins that I have sinned
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plain enough for
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anyone to
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see
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FAQ
Who sang the the song The Mark Of A Heel?
- The song The Mark Of A Heel was sang by Hank Thompson.
Who is Hank Thompson?
- Henry William Thompson (September 3, 1925 - November 6, 2007) was an American country music singer-songwriter and musician whose career spanned seven decades.
Thompson's musical style, characterized as honky-tonk Western swing, was a mixture of fiddles, electric guitar, and steel guitar that featured his distinctive, smooth baritone vocals.
His backing band, The Brazos Valley Boys, was voted the top Country Western Band for 14 years in a row by Billboard. Thompson pursued a "light" version of the Western swing sound that Bob Wills and others played the primary difference between his music and that of Bob Wills was that Thompson, who used the swing beat and instrumentation to enhance his vocals, discouraged the intense instrumental soloing from his musicians that Wills encouraged however, the "Hank Thompson sound" exceeded Bob Wills in top-40 country hits.
Although not as prominent on the top country charts in later decades, Thompson remained a recording artist and concert draw well into his 80s.
The 2013 game Grand Theft Auto V featured his song "It Don't Hurt Anymore" in the fictional radio show, Rebel Radio.
The 1987 novel Crazy Heart by Thomas Cobb was inspired by Thompson's life, specifically by his practice of picking up a local band to back him when he toured. In 2009, Cobb's novel was turned into a successful film directed by Scott Cooper and starring Jeff Bridges in an Academy Award-winning performance.