Let me tell you about the manfreds The music that they're putting down They started to play On a rainy day and the people came from miles around They didn't come for the rhythm They didn't come for the beat The people of the town Came just to stand around and see the singer looking sweet Mike Hugg plays the drums yeah Tom McGuiness plays the diamond bass But the one in the middle Sings Hey diddle diddle God he's just a pretty face They didn't come for the rhythm They didn't come for the beat The people of the town Came just to stand around and see the singer looking sweet They couldn't have Manfred Mann plays the organ Mike Vickers plays guitar and there's a geezer called Paul Who's so thin and so tall and sure wants to be a star They didn't come for the rhythm They didn't come for the beat Oh no the people of the town Came just to stand around and see the singer looking sweet See the singer looking See the singer looking See the singer looking See the singer looking Oh oh yeah See the singer looking yeah See the singer looking sweet