"I wanna girl with a short skirt and a looooong jacket"

Well, since I just added a keane music video in a very prominent place on my blog, I thought it would be appropriate to analyze this cake song.

What is it that makes this song so catchy? It's got hardly any melody, and it doesn't really have much of a point either, except to say what kind of girl this guy wants. The main thing that makes this song so good though is the descriptions it uses. Instead of using vague descriptions about the ocean and the sky and all that, which most people can't relate to at all, it uses much more modern similes, like "a voice that is dark like tinted glass" and "eyes that burn like cigarettes", which almost everybody can relate to. That's probably the only reason that I really like it, but if you haven't heard it yet, it's highly recommended.

I want a girl with a mind like a diamond
I want a girl who knows what's best
I want a girl with shoes that cut
And eyes that burn like cigarettes

I want a girl with the right allocations
Who's fast and thorough
And sharp as a tack
She's playing with her jewelry
She's putting up her hair
She's touring the facility
And picking up slack

I want a girl with a short skirt and a lonnnng jacket......

I want a girl who gets up early
I want a girl who stays up late
I want a girl with uninterrupted prosperity
Who used a machette to cut through red tape
With fingernails that shine like justice
And a voice that is dark like tinted glass

She is fast and thorough
And sharp as a tack
She's touring the facility
And picking up slack

I want a girl with a short skirt and a lonnnnng.... lonnng jacket

I want a girl with a smooth liquidation
I want a girl with good dividends
And at the city bank we will meet accidentally
We'll start to talk when she borrows my pen

She wants a car with a cupholder arm rest
She wants a car that will get her there
She's changing her name from Kitty to Karen
She's trading her MG for a white Chrysler La Baron

I want a girl with a short skirt and a lonnnnggggggggg jacket