"Cross-Eyed Mary" is a song by the British progressive rock band Jethro Tull from their album Aqualung (1971).Iron Maiden has covered the song, which has been released on a b-side single "The trooper" in 1983. <br /> <br />Lyrics: <br />Who would be a poor man, a beggar man, a thief <br />If he had a rich man in his hand <br />And who would steal the candy from a laughing baby's mouth <br />If he could take it from the money man <br /> <br />Cross-eyed Mary goes jumping in again <br />She signs no contract but she always plays it clean <br />She dines in Hampstead village, an expense accounted gruel <br />And the jack knife barber drops her off at school <br /> <br />Laughing in the playground gets no kicks from little boys <br />Would rather make it with a letching gray <br />Or maybe her attention is drawn by Aqualung <br />Who watches through the railings as they play <br /> <br />Cross-eyed Mary finds it hard to get along <br />A poor man's rich girl and she'll do it for a song <br />A rich man's stealer but her favour's good and strong <br />She's the Robin Hood of Highgate, let the poor man get along <br /> <br />Laughing in the playground gets no kicks from little boys <br />Would rather make it with a letching gray <br />Or maybe her attention is drawn by Aqualung <br />Who watches through the railings as they play <br /> <br />Cross-eyed Mary goes jumping in again <br />She signs no contracts but she always plays it clean <br />She dines in Hampstead village, an expense accounted gruel <br />And the jack knife barber drops her off at school <br /> <br />Cross-eyed Mary, oh Mary, oh cross-eyed mary
