Martha - single version

by Jefferson Airplane

From the album: After Bathing at Baxter's

Track 13 of 15 on After Bathing at Baxter's (1967).

Duration: 3:26

After Bathing at Baxter's cover art

Lyrics for Martha - single version

Martha she listens for the ticking of my footsteps, patiently She sifts the hairy air that's worn and wood-swept, pleasantly She does as she pleases, she listens for me Martha she calls to me from a feather in the meadow, "Fly to me" You can dance and sing and walk with me And dreams will fade and shadows grow in weed She does as she pleases, she waits there for me She does as she pleases, her heels rise for me My love she talks to winking windows as she murmurs to her feet, thoughtly She separates in laughter to my side, caught for me She does as she pleases, she waits there for me She does as she pleases, her heels rise for me Martha she keeps her heart in a broken clock and it's waiting there for me She weeds apart through a token lock; What a great thing to be free She weeps time, starts unspoken, but when the gate swings there she'll be, There she'll be: in green sun, on blue earth under warm running shower.

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More from After Bathing at Baxter's

  1. The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil
  2. A Small Package of Value Will Come to You, Shortly
  3. Young Girl Sunday Blues
  4. Martha
  5. Wild Tyme
  6. The Last Wall of the Castle
  7. Rejoyce
  8. Watch Her Ride
  9. Spare Chaynge
  10. Two Heads
  11. Won't You Try / Saturday Afternoon
  12. The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil - alternate version
  13. Martha - single version
  14. Two Heads - previously unissued alternate version
  15. Things Are Better In The East - Marty's acoustic demo