Slit Skirts Lyrics

[jimthewhofan at aol.com]

I like the "oil as in priesthood" interpretation of that line 
 
 
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Bailey"

> > "And men not fit for marriage took their refuge in the oil."
>
> Can someone give me a history lesson here?

Interesting.  A fellow American at the company I worked for in England once
gave me a lecture on this very line.  He suggested it referred to men who
sought solitude working in the North Sea oil fields and also the sacramental
oil of the priesthood.

I believe he said the "coil" in "and girls who lost their children; cursed
the men who fit the coil" referred to IUDs.

Jim

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