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Cross-Eyed Mary (Jethro Tull cover) Lyrics
Who would be a poor man a beggerman, a thief
if he had a rich man in his hand
Who would steal the candy from a laughing baby's mouth
if he could take it from the money man
Cross-eyed Mary goes jumping in again
She signs no contract but she always plays the game
She dines in Hampstead village on expense accounted gruel
and the jack knife barber drops her off at school
Laughing in the playground gets no kicks from little boys
would rather make it with a letching gray
Or maybe her attention is drawn by Aqualung
who watches through the railings as they play
Cross-eyed Mary finds it hard to get along.
She's a poor man's rich girl and she'll do it for a song
She's a rich man's stealer but her favour's good and strong
She's the Robin Hood of Highgate helps the poor man get along
if he had a rich man in his hand
Who would steal the candy from a laughing baby's mouth
if he could take it from the money man
She signs no contract but she always plays the game
She dines in Hampstead village on expense accounted gruel
and the jack knife barber drops her off at school
would rather make it with a letching gray
Or maybe her attention is drawn by Aqualung
who watches through the railings as they play
She's a poor man's rich girl and she'll do it for a song
She's a rich man's stealer but her favour's good and strong
She's the Robin Hood of Highgate helps the poor man get along
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cross eyed mary
cross eyed as in blinded by an idolatrous literalist interpretation of christ and the cross
always reminds me of the catholic church for some reason
its an excelent cover of a jethro tull song from the album aqualung maidens version is a b side for the trooper
My question is, did they have the flute intro, arguably the best part of the excellent original.
I love the intro with the guitar.
Cross-Eyed Mary is a Jethro Tull song from the album Aqualung (1971). Cross-eyed Mary is a young prostitute.
The original Jethro Tull song was from the album Aqualung, which had a running theme about these lower-class characters (e.g. the homeless man Aqualung, or the underage prostitute Cross-eyed Mary). The point of the lyrics was generally that these people we look down on are real human beings with souls and they're just doing what they have to to get through life.