Okay kids, I'm sorry I was away for so long and subsequently have yet to express my opinion on this topic. However, this gives me the opportunity to post a definite ruling on this timeless and eternal question. I feel I am qualified for this assertion based on the fact that I am both the deciding vote (thank you Dan for your completely irrelevant and absurd pistachio argument) and, among this group at least, uniquely female. Therefore, I am obviously much more equipped to understand the inner workings of the female mind than any of you; plus, who else is there to break the tie?
And my ruling is this: She wants a fuckin' baby.
That's right friends.
Baby Time = 3
Party Time = 2
Pistachio Time = 1
I think we have a clear winner. And here are the reasons why:
She leads a lonely life
I agree with the earlier stated sentiments that this woman use to have a baby, but for some reason, the child is no longer with her. The man she previously had in her life is now either dead or a total deadbeat (neither of which is a favorable outcome for her or her child). In fact, as evidenced by her clear dislike the opposite sex and her mistrust of men in general, it's probably the baby daddy's fault that her first child is gone . Maybe he took off with the baby, maybe it was a casualty of his meth lab exploding, I don't know. I'll leave that to you to speculate. Regardless though, she's obviously been burned by a man before, and this has led to the loss of her first child and her subsequent loneliness. The solution to this loneliness, of course, is to have another baby to fill up the hole that is now consuming her life. A baby offers unconditional love and companionship, something she has learned (from experience) that she will never get from a man.
She's going to get you
Yes, she is going to get you. I think this has two meanings.
1) She's going to hunt you down like the cougar she probably is and trip you into bed. She wants you, but only because you have the necessary equipment to impregnate her and end her life of loneliness.
2) She's gonna get you a second time by tricking you into fathering her child. This feeds into the line It's a night for passion/ But the morning means goodbye. You might think a night of passion is all you're giving her, but you would be wrong. This passion is merely a means to an end, a nice by-product to lure you into a night of unprotected sex. You never suspect that anything more will come of your encounter, afterall, she's gone the next morning, but she knows different. This is the real warning of the song: if you get with her, you're gonna have some kid running around that you don't even know about. And that's just bad news.
She's a hunter you're the fox
I would like to make the argument here that "you" is essentially synonymous with "your sperm." Yes, she wants you, but only because she has to first get you in order to get a hold of the good stuff. In a sort of package deal, by getting you, she gets you're sperm- the ultimate goal of her hunt. This hunter-fox line is also a probable indication of her cougar status. This only further supports the baby theory because that means her biological clock is ticking. She can always get a man later on in life; maybe not a quality one, but she obviously wasn't attracting quality men in the first place. A baby, on the other hand, is possible only within a limited time period. As for the analogy argument that Joe brought up, I'll point to Dan's statement that Ace of Base is Swedish and clearly aren't up on the intricacies of the English language. Expecting them to make appropriate analogies in a foreign language is obviously asking too much.
When she woke up late in the morning...
Contrary to what Joe believes, the purpose of her day is not to be lazy and irresponsible. This is instead her preferred method of catching desirable men. At the beach, she can better judge the attributes of her intended prey and then, once she has selected preferrable and likely candidates, follow up on these choices at a bar before making her final decision. If she repeats the beach scene the next morning, it is simply to celebrate a job well done. She has just convinced some poor fool to get her pregnant and then successfully discarded him. The best part is that he has no idea what has happened. After all her hard work, she deserves a day to bask in the sun and reflect on the improved quality of her life now that she will always have a child to provide her with the love that she so desperately wants.
In conclusion, the first line is really what says it all: She leads a lonely life. If a man was the solution to this problem of hers, then she would be looking for a boyfriend. A one night stand will still leave her lonely and desolate come morning UNLESS she can get a child out of it. Therefore, in order to end her life of solitude, her only option is to have a baby.
