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Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Manfred Mann's Earth Band
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COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Lane Tietgen
Lane Tietgen
Songwriter

Lyrics

Martha has a madman Standing hidden in the shadows He's got a long curved Turkish dagger With a bejewelled handle He's telling 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 telling 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 What can she do Yes it's true (Martha has a madman) What can she do (Standing hidden in the shadows) Yes it's true (He's got a long curved Turkish dagger) What can she do (With a bejewelled handle) Yes it's true (Martha's gettin' nervous) What can she do (As she wanders through his valley) Yes it's true (Where the shadows always frightening) What can she do (And the whispers tell her stories) Martha yes I guess you'll have to wait around Another thousand years
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