Lyric discussion by MaskOfSanity 

Cover art for Dollar Girl lyrics by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

I see this song as being about a prostitute who's fallen in love with one of her clients. This man went to her just for the sex, but she ended up falling in love with him and now she won't leave him alone. She keeps putting on an emotional show by breaking down and crying in front of him so that he'll feel sorry for her and won't leave her, and though he does not reciprocate her feelings he finds it difficult to break away.

"She burns you with her confidence And prays that you won't dare"

-she intimidates him so that he's too afraid to say no to her, and his whole life has been ruined by this girl's persistence and his own inability to reject her.

My Interpretation