Burning EC Lyric Question

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normabuel
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Burning EC Lyric Question

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What the heck is a "kiss me quick hat"?

Specifically:

"Got back to London
"Picked a paper from the mat
"No words of consolation
"Just cartoons and chitter chatter
"Well well, fancy that
"Millions murdered for a KISS ME QUICK HAT
"No backbone, blood and guts
"Better keep your big mouth shut"

From Pretty Words on Trust.

//Is this question about 20 years too late?
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According to this, '"Kiss me quick" hats are an old tradition in popular British seaside towns'
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Post by normabuel »

THANKS! Sort of like a "Show Me Your T*ts" (or Johnson) button sported during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, I suppose.
//I can't forgive you for things you haven't done yet
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Post by verbal gymnastics »

I wish all EC lyric questions were as easy as that one to answer :lol:
Who’s this kid with his mumbo jumbo?
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Post by strangerinthehouse »

what other lyric questions do you have?
And you try so hard
to be like the big boys
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