Evangeline

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 rumors 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

And an old man's rolling on the sawdust floor

In the throes of the demon of envy

And the organ music swells and the choir sings

An off-key Amazing Grace

Despite the body odor 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.....

Understand me, 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

When all is said and done,

It 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