Manfred Mann’s Earth Band - “The Beard“ (Martha’s Madman Animation)

~ 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 simple’s and he’s hiding like a leprechaun under stones and in the ripples in the pool of time she thought she knew 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 simple’s and he’s hiding like a leprechaun under stones and in the ripples - In the pool of time she thought she knew someone threw a stone into it which breaks up the surface and it’s making her nervous and it’s true (