Cross-eyed Mary

Jethro Tull

Who would be a poor man, a beggarman, a thief -- 
if he had a rich man in his hand. 
And 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. 
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 grey. 
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 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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