Heathen Mother Lyrics - Find What You Love And Let It Kill You - Hurricane #1

Standing on the corner 

I'm proud I whistle free 

Change is in my pocket, feel good times 

Laughing with amusement 

As the sun is on my back 

I hear that train that's coming down the tracks 

I'm waiting for the woman 

That knows just what to do 

And cure me of an aching, ruptured back 

Shes the one that rode the mule 

And back from San Antonio 

And placed the dying man upon the rack 

She asked if I was he who needed all the help 

I just nodded and politely turned away 

No need to be embarrassed 

Said the woman from the train 

I know lots of men who'd run and turn away 

Now you need my help and I will give it 

Yes you need my help and I will show it 

She laid me on a bed 

And she chanted all the names 

Of the gods she knew from way back long ago 

I put my head down easy 

And sniggered to myself 

And asked her if she knew the one called God 

I don't recognize the name 

But I guess it's worth a try 

There's nothing that these gods cannot do 

Some call me Heathen Mother 

Some call me Nicky Jane 

Some even call me devil that is pure 

And I always get the job done 

With my heathen hands, I heal 

Always get the job done 

With my healing hands, I feel 

I stumbled from the bed 

And felt my back at ease 

And counted all the pennies that I had 

She said I don't want your pennies 

It's your soul that I just need 

And give it to the man that's on the rack 

Always get the job done 

With my heathen hands, I heal 

'cos I always get the job done 

With my healing hands, I feel 

Now you need my help and I will give it 

Now you need my help and I will show it