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The Wicked Messenger
John Wesley Harding
1967
Columbia
Paroles
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 fallin'
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."
Interprétation
Histoire d'un messager au cœur méchant, courte et cinglante, tirée de la tradition. Le texte, à peine trois strophes, se referme sur une phrase gravée sur le cœur du messager.
La chanson illustre l'économie nouvelle de Dylan, après les longues litanies de 1965 : dire beaucoup en peu de mots. Elle est régulièrement citée comme l'un des sommets de concision de l'album.
Folk biblique 1967
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