Lead singer John McCrea told Rolling Stone about the line, "I want a girl with a short skirt and a long jacket": "I think it was inspired by seeing somebody with those two oppositional fashion gestures. And that's sort of what the song is about, directly oppositional forces housed within the same mechanism or personage. I saw this woman as trying to arrive at balance - the skirt going up and the jacket going down." (Source Short Skirt/Long Jacket Songfacts). Read more on Last.fm.
64 ContributorsShort Skirt/Long Jacket Lyrics
This is an exaggerated lyrical song that is simply about finding the right girl. It is about how men look for particular women with certain details about them; sometimes these details can be as particular as… Read More
[Verse 1]
I want a girl with a mind like a diamond
I want a girl who knows what's best
I want a girl with shoes that cut
And eyes that burn like cigarettes
[Pre-Chorus]
I want a girl with the right allocations
Who is fast and thorough and sharp as a tack
She is playing with her jewelry, she is putting up her hair
She is touring the facility and picking up slack
[Chorus]
I want a girl with a short skirt and a long jacket
[Verse 2]
I want a girl who gets up early (Gets up early)
I want a girl who stays up late (Stays up late)
I want a girl with uninterrupted prosperity (Uninterrupted)
Who uses a machete to cut through red tape
[Pre-Chorus]
With fingernails that shine like justice
And a voice that is dark like tinted glass
She is fast, thorough, and sharp as a tack
She is touring the facility and picking up slack
[Chorus]
I want a girl with a short skirt and a long, long jacket
[Verse 3]
I want a girl with a smooth liquidation (Smooth liquidation)
I want a girl with good dividends (Good dividends)
At Citibank, we will meet accidentally (Meet accidentally)
We'll start to talk when she borrows my pen
[Pre-Chorus]
She wants a car with a cupholder armrest
She wants a car that will get her there
She is changing her name from Kitty to Karen
She's trading her MG for a white Chrysler Le Baron
[Chorus]
I want a girl with a short skirt and a long jacket
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