Wicked Messenger (Live on John Peel’s Sunday Concert, BBC, 7/5/70)

[Intro]

But, uh, on the Faces' first and so far only LP called "First Step", people find this

And this is "Wicked Messenger"

[Verse 1]

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

His mind, it could not speak, but only flatter

[Verse 2]

He stayed behind the assembly hall

There that he made his bed

And oftentimеs he could be seen returning

[Verse 3]

Thе leaves began the falling and the seas began to part

The people that confronted him, they were many

[Verse 4]

Leaves began the falling and the seas began to part

The people that confronted him, they were many

And he was told these last few words which opened up his heart

"Cannot bring good news, then don't bring any"

[Refrain]

"If you can't bring good news, then don't bring any"

[Outro]

Now that was, uh, Dylan's "Wicked Messenger"

For those of you who have any doubts about it, I'll give you the, uh, lineup of the band

Got Rod Stewart, vocals

Ken Jones, drums

Ian McLagan, organ, is that pronounced right?

Is that, is that how you say it?

He never pronounces it right, okay

I've always wondered about that actually

Ron Lane, bass

And Ron Wood and guitar