To: Locomotive Breath
I recently listened again to the albun that contains my namesake song. I had forgotten that it had a song about Crystal and Kim
Cross-Eyed Mary
Jethro Tull
Aqualung 1971
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.
To: Locomotive Breath
Every time I see your name, that song comes up. Even when I try and erase it with Motorhead ;-D
1,538 posted on
04/29/2006 10:00:26 PM PDT by
TheSpottedOwl
(I care for my pets better than Vincente Fox cares for his own citizens)
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