Released: October 30, 2007

Songwriter: Bob Dylan

Producer: Patrick Carney Dan Auerbach

[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
For his tongue it could not speak, but only flatter

[Verse 2]
He stayed behind the assembly hall
It was there he made his bed
And often times he could be seen returning
Until one day he just appeared
With a note in his hand that read
"The soles of my feet, I swear they're burning,"

[Verse 3]
Oh, the leaves began to fall
The seas began to part
And the people that confronted him were many
And he was told with these few words
Which opened up his heart
"If you cannot bring good news, don't bring any."

The Black Keys

The Black Keys are an American rock band formed in Akron, Ohio, in 2001. The group consists of Dan Auerbach (guitar, vocals) and Patrick Carney (drums).

The duo began as an independent act, recording music in basements and self-producing their records, before eventually emerging as one of the most popular garage rock artists during a second wave of the genre’s revival in the 2010s.

The band’s raw blues rock sound draws heavily from Auerbach’s blues influences, including Junior Kimbrough, Howlin' Wolf, and Robert Johnson.