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Artist: Bob Dylan
Canonical path: /bob-dylan/the-wicked-messenger
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The Wicked Messenger
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The Wicked Messenger
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There was a wicked messenger
From Eli he did come
With a mind that multiplied the smallest matter
When questioned who had sent for him
He answered with his thumb
For his tongue it could not speak, but only flatter
He stayed behind the assembly hall
It was there he made his bed
Oftentimes he could be seen returning
Until one day he just appeared
With a note in his hand which read
The soles of my feet, I swear they’re burning
Oh, the leaves began to falling
And the seas began to part
And the people that confronted him were many
And he was told but these few words
Which opened up his heart
If ye cannot bring good news, then don’t bring any
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Bob Dylan performs "The Wicked Messenger", and this lyric page sits inside the Bob Dylan catalog on LyroVerse.
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