Aqualung

“Aqualung” is a song by the band Jethro Tull that was written by Ian Anderson and Terry Ellis. According to Anderson it is “a guilt-ridden song of confusion about how you deal with beggars. It's about our reaction, of guilt, distaste, awkwardness and confusion, all these things that we feel when we're confronted with the reality of the homeless… The more you live in that business-driven, commercially driven lifestyle, you can just cease to see them.

The name "Aqualung" comes from a portable breathing apparatus for divers. Anderson envisioned the homeless man getting that nickname because of breathing problems.

Sitting on a park bench

Eying little girls with bad intent

Snot running down his nose

Greasy fingers smearing shabby clo-othes

Hey, Aqualung!