Beware of pretty faces you may find
A pretty face can hide an evil mind
Be careful what you say
Or you’ll give yourself away
Odds are you won’t live to see tomorrow
–Secret Agent Man, Johnny Rivers
Even in June, the weather in central Europe sometimes gets chilly. Rita keeps those cold winds away in a traditional black secret agent trench coat with belt tie.
In today’s youtube Johnny Rivers performs his hit Secret Agent Man live on a black and white television show from the 1960s. Johnny Rivers real name is John Henry Ramistella, but in 1958 Alan Freed told him to change his name Johnny Rivers.
Here’s another television appearance from 1966 by Johnny Rivers singing Secret Agent Man. Some great guitar work by Johnny.
Here’s another youtube in case the firsr one disappears from youtube.
Johnny Rivers: SECRET AGENT MAN lyrics
(P.F. Sloan / S. Barri)
There’s a man who leads a life of danger
To everyone he meets he stays a stranger
With every move he makes another chance he takes
Odds are he won’t live to see tomorrow
Secret agent man
Secret agent man
They’ve given you a number
And taken away your name
Beware of pretty faces that you find
A pretty face can hide an evil mind
Ah, be careful what you say
Or you’ll give yourself away
Odds are you won’t live to see tomorrow
Secret agent man
Secret agent man
They’ve given you a number
And taken away your name
—— lead guitar ——
Secret agent man
Secret agent man
They’ve given you a number
And taken away your name
Swingin’ on the Riviera one day
And then layin’ in the Bombay alley next day
Oh no, you let the wrong word slip
While kissing persuasive lips
The odds are you won’t live to see tomorrow
Secret agent man
Secret agent man
They’ve given you a number
And taken away your name
Secret agent man
