Manafon Lyrics - Manafon - David Sylvian

There's a man down in the valley 

Who doesn't speak in his own tongue 

He bears a grudge against the English 

The tune to which his songs are sung 

There's a man down in the valley 

Who is moving back in time 

It's a physical ascension 

You can watch him as he climbs 

The farmer's wives are at their windows 

They've seen him wind his way for hours 

They tell the kids to lower their voices 

And pretend that they are out 

There's a man down in the valley 

Trying to stop time in its tracks 

His boots lie heavy on the grasses 

But it keeps on pushing back 

And his wife she was a painter 

But now she stains the altar black 

He's out bird watching on the islands 

And she wishes he'd come back 

There's a man down in the valley 

And he dreams of moving west 

Of battles raged against the furies 

That might see him at his best 

There's a man down in the valley 

Don't know his right foot from his left 

Don't know his right foot from his left