Martha's Madman - Manfred Mann's Earth Band


[Refrain]
             
Martha has a m

              
adman standing

 
 hidden in the

 shadows
             
He's got a lon

              
g curved Turki

              
sh dagger with

             
 a bejewelled 

            
handle


[Verse]
            
He's tellin' h

              
er the world i

              
s full of frea

              
ks and geeks a

      
nd simples
            
And he's hidin

              
g like a lepre

             
chaun under st

              
ones and in th

        
e ripples
            
In the pool of

              
 time she thou

              
ght she knew i

              
t - but someon

             
e threw a ston

        
e into it
            
Which breaks u

              
p the surface 

              
and it's makin

            
g her nervous 

         
and it's true
            
What can she d

         
o, yes it's tr

ue
            
What can she d

  
o
            
Martha yes I g

/           
uess you'll ha

            
ve to wait aro

             
und - another 

                
thousand years


[Refrain]
             
Martha's getti

          
n' nervous as 

            
she wanders th

             
rough his vall


ey
             
Where the shad

           
ows always fri

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ghtening and t

            
he whispers te

            
ll her stories


[Verse]
            
He's tellin' h

              
er the world i

              
s full of frea

              
ks and geeks a

      
nd simples
            
And he's hidin

              
g like a lepre

             
chaun under st

              
ones and in th

        
e ripples
            
In the pool of

              
 time she thou

              
ght she knew i

              
t - but someon

             
e threw a ston

        
e into it
            
Which breaks u

              
p the surface 

              
and it's makin

            
g her nervous 

         
and it's true
            
What can she d

         
o, yes it's tr

ue
            
What can she d

  
o
            
Martha yes I g

/           
uess you'll ha

            
ve to wait aro

             
und - another 

             
thousand years


[Solo]



[Outro]
            
Martha yes I g

/           
uess you'll ha

            
ve to wait aro

             
und - another 

        
thousand years