Cross-Eyed Mary

"Cross-Eyed Mary"
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
"Aqualung" (1) "Cross-Eyed Mary" (2) "Cheap Day Return" (3)

"Cross-Eyed Mary" is a song by the English 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.

References

1. ^ Ian Anderson interview, Disc and Music Echo, 20th March 1971.
2. ^ Encyclopaedia Metallum - Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind