[ti:The Wicked Messenger] [ar:Bob Dylan] [al:Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Wicked Messenger - Bob Dylan [00:02.17]Lyrics by:Bob Dylan [00:04.34]Composed by:Bob Dylan [00:06.51]There was a wicked messenger [00:09.29]From Eli he did come [00:13.36]With a mind that multiplied the smallest matter [00:19.27]When questioned who had sent for him [00:22.31]He answered with his thumb [00:26.05]For his tongue it could not speak but only flatter [00:44.53]He stayed behind the assembly hall [00:47.54]It was there he made his bed [00:51.85]Oftentimes he could be seen returning [00:57.31]Until one day he just appeared [01:00.30]With a note in his hand which read [01:04.34]The soles of my feet I swear they're burning [01:22.47]Oh the leaves began to falling [01:24.90]And the seas began to part [01:29.53]And the people that confronted him were many [01:35.21]And he was told but these few words [01:38.25]Which opened up his heart [01:41.93]If ye cannot bring good news then don't bring any