Cross-Eyed Mary
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| "Cross-Eyed Mary" | ||||
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| Song by Jethro Tull from the album Aqualung | ||||
| Released | 19 March 1971 | |||
| Recorded | December 1970 - February 1971 at Island Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock, hard rock | |||
| Length | 4:06 | |||
| Label |
Island (UK) Reprise (US) | |||
| Writer | Ian Anderson | |||
| Producer | Ian Anderson and Terry Ellis | |||
| Aqualung track listing | ||||
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"Cross-Eyed Mary" is a song by the British progressive rock band Jethro Tull from their album Aqualung (1971). The song is about "Cross-Eyed Mary", a schoolgirl prostitute[1] who prefers the company of "leching greys" over her schoolmates.
It was intended as a companion piece to "Aqualung", a piece on the same album about a homeless man. Indeed, the Aqualung character is given a cameo in "Cross-Eyed Mary". The song has been covered by Elf, Iron Maiden[2] (see Piece of Mind, "The Trooper", The First Ten Years and Best of the 'B' Sides), and also by Clutch for the Sucking the 70s compilation.
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