She’s speaking like a gibbering foreigner, got a cripple in her clutches,
Seems to float like a gaudy angel on strings over wheel chairs and crutches,
I came to check it out, have a laugh or two, but I’m caught up in the fury and wonder,
I watch the leg of the fat lady next to me grow several inches longer,
There are rumours about the bank account, affairs and double-dealings, but faith sneaks up like a mischievous child and you find yourself believing,
I could be deceived, but I believe that I just got a healing from…
Evangeline,
Evangeline,
Don’t know what’s really there inside of her,
Revival queen, Evangeline,
Does a miracle occur, somehow, in spite of her?
Now the tent sags in the Texas heat as she works the crowd into a frenzy,
An old man’s rolling on a sawdust floor in the throes of the “demon of envy”,
The organ music swells and the choir sings an off-key Amazing Grace,
Despite the body odour and the Texas flies there’s not a dry eye in the place,
With hands in the air and eyes to heaven, I find myself agreeing with each lost sinner in the place and every word Evangeline is screaming,
I could be deceived, but I believe that I just got a healing from…
Evangeline,
Evangeline,
Don’t know what’s really there inside of her,
Revival queen, Evangeline,
Does a miracle occur, somehow, in spite of her?
Understand me now, I’m not a gullible man,
And I’m self-possessed; take pride in keeping my wits,
I’m saying things like “Amen” and “Hallelujah,” words that until this very moment have never crossed my lips.
Evangeline,
Evangeline.
When all is said and done, doesn’t make much difference if she’s sincere or deceiving,
She may not possess the faith she inspires or know the one that I’m receiving,
I’m on my knees and I believe that I just got a healing through…
Evangeline,
Evangeline,
Don’t know what’s really there inside of her,
Revival queen, Evangeline,
Does a miracle occur, somehow, in spite of her?
Evangeline,
Evangeline,
Don’t know what’s really there inside of her,
She plays a mean tambourine,
Does a miracle occur, somehow, in spite of her?
Evangeline.
