Evangeline – Daniel Amos – letras

She’s speaking like a gibbering foreignerGot a cripple in her clutchesSeems to float like a gaudy angel on stringsOver wheel chairs and crutchesI came to check it out, have a laugh or twoBut I’m caught up in the fury and wonderI watch the leg of the fat lady next to meGrow several inches longerThere are rumors about the bank account,Affairs and double dealingsBut faith sneaks up like a mischievous child,And you find yourself believingI could be deceived, but I believeThat I just got a healing fromEvangelineEvangeline(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 heatAs she works the crowd into a frenzyAnd an old man’s rolling on the sawdust floorIn the throes of the demon of envyAnd the organ music swells and the choir singsAn off-key Amazing GraceDespite the body odor and the Texas fliesThere’s not a dry eye in the placeWith hands in the air and eyes to heavenI find myself agreeingWith each lost sinner in the place,And every word Evangeline is screamingI could be deceived, but I believeThat I just got a healing fromEvangeline…..Understand me, I’m not a gullible manAnd I’m self-possessed–Take pride in keeping my witsI’m saying things like « amen » and « hallelujah »–Words, that until this very moment have neverCrossed my lipsWhen all is said and done,It doesn’t make much differenceIf she’s sincere or deceivingShe may not possess the faith she inspiresOr know the One that I’m receivingI’m on my knees and I believeThat I just got a healing through