Agreed that the meaning is fairly self-explanatory, especially in the context of the album title (This Year's Model) and cover photo (EC behind a professional-type camera). To me perhaps the most interesting feature of the song is the way the man or men project their hopes for her, and in a somewhat conflicted way at that. One moment the sentiment is, 'She's not just a dumb model,' rather like the old joke of reading Playboy magazine for the articles ("Still you're hoping that she's well spoken / 'Cause she's this year's girl"). The next it's, 'I hope she's dumb and desperate to make her an easier conquest' ("You want her broken with her mouth wide open / 'Cause she's this year's girl"). Such are the ways of infatuation / crushes ("Never knowing it's a real attraction"), which rarely involves genuine and appropriate affection for its subject ("'Cause you don't really give a damn / About this year's girl").
Agreed that the meaning is fairly self-explanatory, especially in the context of the album title (This Year's Model) and cover photo (EC behind a professional-type camera). To me perhaps the most interesting feature of the song is the way the man or men project their hopes for her, and in a somewhat conflicted way at that. One moment the sentiment is, 'She's not just a dumb model,' rather like the old joke of reading Playboy magazine for the articles ("Still you're hoping that she's well spoken / 'Cause she's this year's girl"). The next it's, 'I hope she's dumb and desperate to make her an easier conquest' ("You want her broken with her mouth wide open / 'Cause she's this year's girl"). Such are the ways of infatuation / crushes ("Never knowing it's a real attraction"), which rarely involves genuine and appropriate affection for its subject ("'Cause you don't really give a damn / About this year's girl").