Jethro Tull- Cross-Eyed Mary

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.

Jethro Tull- Cross-Eyed Mary, fromt the album Aqualung.

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  Music

[Terri Lynn]

This is some goood music.... may sound strange coming from a black woman who grew up in the 70's. And yes, I agree with comments that the music today (which in my opinion) shouldn't even be considered music is nothing but a bunch of crap.

[atheistpro]

ＳＨＵＴ　ＵＰ　ＡＮＤ　ＥＮＪＯＹ　ＴＨＥ　ＭＵＳＩＣ！

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[ThelronFjord]

Letching also means to be perverted, so a letching grey is a perverted old man.

[roderickusher49]

Terri, you are so right!!

[DeathbySCREAMO]

Letching grey meaning grey hair/beard old men.

[thewriter1008]

I wouldn't even note LMFAO. But yeah, even the popular stuff people normally whine about the most has some good stuff.

[ikill4klondikebars]

I'm pretty sure the charts are dominated by whites across a multitude of genres, and even moreso, dominated by women.

[ikill4klondikebars]

Florence and the Machine, Fun, Adele... Even LMFAO is good for the kind of "just have a good time partying" vibe. I like bands from other countries that aren't well known, but that have been around for years and do actually have a following. Good music is out there, you just have to look for it.

[robert christerson]

jack knife barber hoppen a freight train taken cross eyed mary ... with locomotive breath ... ha ha ha ... cross eyed mary and jethro tull haveing fun

[MaximeBreeg]

This song has something simultaneously very humorous and very sad.

[HammerFist1970]

People know good music no matter what color they are, or the color of the artist performing. Thank you for being open.

[robert christerson]

ha ha ha .... good one ... lol