This song is timeless, and nearly 20 years after its creation, still possesses the mystique it did the first time i heard it ~1994. To me, at first blush, all those years ago, it had some kind of homo-erotic allure. The line "so that the others may do" tells of something which must be done for others to follow suit. It felt like like some kind of roxy-glam-pop invitation to sexual liberation.
Upon further introspection I think the song may not have an intrinsic meaning, but simply represents a sort of "holding open the door" for people who otherwise might be affronted by this song/band's unusual style. I know, as a sort of armchair rock-historian, that there have been few bands so daring and so true to the sound that wanted to emerge from within, whether the creator wanted it or not. This band handled it with elegance and grace seldom, if ever, seen.
LA girls, you wanted something special to talk about
But nothing worthy ever came out of these girls
LA girls, I don't know what you're tryin to do to me
You got something I just can't see LA girls
If you're tryin to see me
LA girls (I'm not here to see)
LA girls (don't try to pay me)
I know that you're trying to make it,
so stop fooling me, I ain't here to see
LA girls (I'm not here to see)
LA girls (don't try to pay me)
Try to impress with cheesy pick up lines
when you're dancing on your roller skates
LA girls, I'm not the one who's trying to classify
I got something you can't deny, LA girls
LA girls, you wanted something special to talk about
But nothing worthy ever came out of these girls
If you're trying to see me
LA girls (I'm not here to see)
LA girls (don't try to pay me)
I know that you're trying to make it,
so stop fooling me, I ain't here to see
LA girls (I'm not here to see)
LA girls (don't try to pay me)
Try to impress with cheesy pick up lines
when you're dancing on your roller skates
You got the wrong man
Baby you got the wrong man
Baby you got the wrong man
You got the wrong man
Do I need to beat it to make you fully understand
Hey you got the wrong man
Hey you got the wrong man
Baby you got the wrong man
Do I need to beat it to make you fully understand
If you're tryin to see me
LA girls (I'm not here to see)
LA girls (don't try to pay me)
I know that you're trying to make it,
so stop fooling me, I ain't here to see
LA girls (I'm not here to see)
LA girls (don't try to pay me)
Try to impress with cheesy pick up lines
when you're dancing on your roller skates
But nothing worthy ever came out of these girls
LA girls, I don't know what you're tryin to do to me
You got something I just can't see LA girls
If you're tryin to see me
LA girls (I'm not here to see)
LA girls (don't try to pay me)
I know that you're trying to make it,
so stop fooling me, I ain't here to see
LA girls (I'm not here to see)
LA girls (don't try to pay me)
Try to impress with cheesy pick up lines
when you're dancing on your roller skates
LA girls, I'm not the one who's trying to classify
I got something you can't deny, LA girls
LA girls, you wanted something special to talk about
But nothing worthy ever came out of these girls
If you're trying to see me
LA girls (I'm not here to see)
LA girls (don't try to pay me)
I know that you're trying to make it,
so stop fooling me, I ain't here to see
LA girls (I'm not here to see)
LA girls (don't try to pay me)
Try to impress with cheesy pick up lines
when you're dancing on your roller skates
You got the wrong man
Baby you got the wrong man
Baby you got the wrong man
You got the wrong man
Do I need to beat it to make you fully understand
Hey you got the wrong man
Hey you got the wrong man
Baby you got the wrong man
Do I need to beat it to make you fully understand
If you're tryin to see me
LA girls (I'm not here to see)
LA girls (don't try to pay me)
I know that you're trying to make it,
so stop fooling me, I ain't here to see
LA girls (I'm not here to see)
LA girls (don't try to pay me)
Try to impress with cheesy pick up lines
when you're dancing on your roller skates
Lyrics submitted by spasmodic
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