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“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 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 (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. Read on...