Anna Lee, Anna Lee, the healer
Healer with the healing hands
Makes you well as quick as she can
You'd love to see those smiling eyes
Of Anna Lee

From the Himalaya mountain side
Of the Nishigesh
To a California beach house
Facing towards the sea
Goes a gal who got her fame
By going round healing folks

Anna Lee, Anna Lee, the healer
Healer with the healing hands
Makes you well as quick as she can
You'd love to feel those healing hands
Of Anna Lee

When she gets a chance to help someone
She's really happy
If you trust her with your ill
She'll quickly make you see
She can fix things up for you
Just like she did for me

Anna Lee, Anna Lee, the healer
She cures people with her hands
I'm just one of her many fans
You'd love to feel those healing hands
Of Anna Lee

The healer, the healer, the healer, the healer


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    He doesn't say "Michigan" or "Nishigesh", he ways "Rishikesh". Rishikesh is a city in India where the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi taught Trancendental Meditation.

    ascrodinon September 16, 2008   Link
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    I don't know what people glean from this, but is Anna Lee a masseuse?

    Bobo192on August 11, 2002   Link
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    I just like the chracter of this masseuse and her magic touch!....she make me think about a gheisha..I particularly love the final..."the healer,the healer,the healer,the healer"

    GAGAUMPAon October 20, 2011   Link
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    I'd say so. Some definite sexual connotations in here - to be honest, I thought it was about happy-go-lucky prostitution with an Asian female caricature. Obviously, a terrible interpretation.

    Then again, I always thought they said "Michigan" instead of "Nishigesh" - kind of makes it less exotic-sounding.

    bkobashon November 24, 2004   Link

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