This song is one of many of Big Dipper’s that originated in guitarist Bill Goffrier’s prior band The Embarrassment. A live recording of The Embarrassment performing the song appears on the compilation Blister Pop.
Shoving me
So I will heal
While I am
So weak I kneel
Begging she admire me
But she says her
Work's not free
So I leave
The drafty tent
This will be
A ten well spent
Grab my hand and
With an effort to
Read between the lines
Like you do
Dealing with
The faith healer
And trusting
In the palmreader
Now is the time
We must get down
When the healer's
Not around
Let me talk love
To you now
As if I could
Show you how!
You're wonderful
But nothing new
The faith healer
Can do this too
She arrives and
With a warrant
To close you down
She's been around
And sees through you
Dealing with
The faith healer
And trusting
In the palmreader