Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Martha , by - Mary Hopkin. Song from the album Earth Song - Ocean Song, in the genre Музыка мираRelease date: 31.12.1970
Record label: Apple Corps
Song language: English
Martha |
| Martha sits by the telephone, |
| hoping someone will call, she’s on her own again, |
| she has so much she can talk about, |
| and there’ll be gossip she can hawk about again… |
| Did you stumble home drunk and loud |
| to an empty room with no one waiting there, |
| is your life a black and broken cloud, |
| then Martha will feed upon your despair. |
| See the curtain move, she watches you, |
| listening through the broken walls and rotting floors, |
| don’t make a slip, Martha catches you, |
| hiding on landings, and peering round the doors… |
| Did you enjoy yourself and laugh and sing, |
| then Martha will disapprove and shake her head, |
| no matter what the day ahead will bring, |
| Martha will circulate each word you said. |
| Like the vulture Martha hovers high, |
| waiting to pounce upon your shattered dreams, |
| her twisted smile and her nodding head, |
| disguise her haggard world of lies and schemes… |
| Who was it took a young girls heart, |
| and branded it, and burned her mind, |
| who was it tore her life apart, |
| and left it for the rats to find… |
| Martha sits by the telephone, |
| hoping someone will call, she’s on her own again, |
| she has so much she can talk about, |
| and there’ll be gossip she can hawk about again. |