Lyrics Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Martha's Madman

Martha has a madman

Standing hidden in the shadows

He's got a long curved Turkish dagger

With a bejeweled 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 makin' 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