Manfred Mann’s Earth Band - Martha's Madman lyrics

Martha has a madman standing
Hidden in the shadows
He's got a long curved Turkish
Dagger with a bejewelled handle

He's tellin' her the world is full
Of freaks and geeks and simples
And he's hiding like a leprechaun under
Stones and in the ripples
In the pool of time she thought she knew it
- but someone threw a stone into it
Which breaks up the surface and it's
Making her nervous and it's true
What can she do, yes it's true
What can she do
Martha yes I guess you'll have to
Wait around - another thousand years

Martha's gettin' nervous as she
Wanders through his valley
Where the shadows always frightening and
The whispers tell her stories

He's tellin' her the world is full
Of freaks and geeks and simples
And he's hiding like a leprechaun under
Stones and in the ripples
In the pool of time she thought she knew it
- but someone threw a stone into it
Which breaks up the surface and it's
Making her nervous and it's true
What can she do, yes it's true
What can she do
Martha yes I guess you'll have to
Wait around - another thousand years

What can she do, yes it's true

Martha yes I guess you'll have to
Wait around - another thousand years