Short Skirt/Long Jacket Lyrics

Lyric discussion by idavidblack 

Cover art for Short Skirt/Long Jacket lyrics by Cake

This song is actually about how trivial the whole mate-seeking process is. "I want a girl who gets up early, I want a girl who stays out late." That is him saying he can't make up his mind and its all arbitrary.

Song Meaning

@idavidblack I think what he's saying is he wants somebody both able to have fun, but also be responsible. She gets up early to go to work, but she still likes to have a good time.