Cross-Eyed Mary

Who would be a poor man, a beggar man, a thief If he had a rich man in his hands? 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 contracts but she always plays it clean She dines in Hampstead Village On expense-accounted gruel And the jackknife barber drops her off at school Laughing in the playground gets no kicks from little boys Would rather make it with a leching gray 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 A poor man's rich girl And she'll do it for a song A rich man's stealer But her favor's good and strong She's the Robin Hood of High Gate Let the poor man get along Laughing in the playground gets no kicks from little boys Would rather make it with a leching gray Or maybe her attention is drawn by Aqualung Who watches through the railings as they play Cross-eyed Mary goes jumping in again She signs no contracts but she always plays it clean She dines in Hampstead Village On expense-accounted gruel And the jackknife barber drops her off at school Cross-eyed Mary Oh, Mary Oh, Cross-eyed Mary