Ha_{nds of a Dealer}

Reprinted from Songworm 3

Parody of “Healer's Hands”, words and music by Julia Ecklar

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Parody lyrics ©5/10/89 by Bob Kanefsky. All rights reserved. The copyright of the original lyrics and music remain with the holder(s) of the original copyright.

In the spirit of Frank Hayes's "Huckster's Song"...

Em

It was the con

Am ven

tion.  Back at

D home

, there's lots to

B7 read

.

Em
I guess buying's like Am
that:  It's an G
urge, Bm
not a Em
need.

Em Hands

of a

Am deal

er, you have

G spent

my hard-earned

A dough

!

Em You

can't be

Am tray

me so!

F#

You cannot

B go

B7

Use my

Em purse

for a

D pur

chase, see my

G prec

ious profits

Em blown

In a

Am mom

ent -- not for a

Em mom

ent! --

At a

D tab

le

Bm not

your

Em own

.

Hands that have worked so, you know what money's for!
You're trained to rake it in -- not to spend more!
It's not twelve bucks that matters, it's my reputation, scarred --
In a moment -- but in that moment,
Twelve bucks charged on my card.

Oh,

D hands

so tight-

Bm fist

ed, have you

Em seen

a

D deal

so

Em fine

?

Am Four

of the

ElfQuest

books for e

F# lev

en ninety-

B nine

!

B7

Now, they're

Em not

the graphic

D nov

els, just the

G flim

sy comic

Em books

.

But for a

Am mom

ent -- shining

Em mom

ent! --

They seem

D worth

the

Bm price

they

Em took

.

Hands of a dealer, can you deal with what you've done?
You held temptation off, but temptation finally won!
And I may be back come morning, with more money in my hands.
And in a moment -- some weak moment --
I will yield to its demands.

In that

Am hated

, horrid

Em mom

ent

That pries

D cash

from

Bm dealer's

Em hands

.