Manfred Mann's Earth Band — Martha's madman

Martha's madman

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