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.
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.