Manfred Mann's Earth Band, "Martha's Madman", opening foray:
"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..."
Despite being sung without question marks, this actually raises more questions than it answers -- how does one 'hide like a leprechaun'? What is a Turkish dagger? I mean, obviously I can picture it, but I wouldn't have called it a dagger...and why does this song show up in 4 out of 5 of their live sets on the bootlegs archives, and how on earth does it rock so hard? And what on earth is up with that video:
Also, lollers at "simples".