Lyric discussion by MabeRuth 

Cover art for Work lyrics by Jimmy Eat World

This song is great - and seeing its meaning escape the sheltered teen audience makes it even more fun.

I absolutely agree with the interpretations that say it's about picking up a girl at a club - I will only add that the reason it's called "Work" is that picking up girls is often referred to as "doing work." Simple as that.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=doing%20work

Just because they're an emo band doesn't mean they can't have a few songs about meaningless sex. I love it!