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25 or 6 to 4

Posted by S. Ryan on June 10, 2003

In Reply to: 25 or 6 to 4 posted by twinkle on June 10, 2003

: Does anyone know what that means? It's in the lyric from "Chicago" and I don't understand it.
: Thanks.

Having been in Chicago with Chicago I can only say that it means 25 minutes or 26 minutes to 4 o'clock in answer to that other Chicago question, "Does anybody really know what time it is?" It was written and recorded at a time when specific time was not important for various reasons.

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