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Who would be a poor man, a beggarman, a thief -- |
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if he had a rich man in his hand. |
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And who would steal the candy |
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from a laughing baby's mouth |
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Jethro Tull |
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if he could take it from the money man. |
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Cross-eyed Mary goes jumping in again. |
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She signs no contract |
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but she always plays the game. |
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Dines in Hampstead village |
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on expense accounted gruel, |
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and the jack-knife barber drops her off at school. |
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would rather make it with a letching grey. |
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Or maybe her attention is drawn by Aqualung, |
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who watches through the railings as they play. |
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Cross-eyed Mary finds it hard to get along. |
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She's a poor man's rich girl |
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and she'll do it for a song. |
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She's a rich man stealer |
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but her favour's good and strong: |
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She's the Robin Hood of Highgate -- |
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helps the poor man get along. |
