Ok, so I am just going to go through this song one line at a time, to make the most sense I possibly can! :D
"It's these substandard motels on the (lalalalala) corner of 4th and Fremont Street." This meaning exactly what it sounds like. Hah, a hotel in Las Vegas.
"Appealing only because they are just that un-appealing" I think, I could be wrong, that this line is referring to the goings-on at the motel. Its sleazy, and cheap, which means basically one thing. Prostitution. The fact that it is cheap makes the unappealing place more appealing to a person in that position.
"Any practiced catholic would cross themselves upon entering." I'm sure that this is the part where the irony sets in, because although the song sounds like the woman is innocent, I strongly believe she is a prostitute looking for a way out. So the rosary that will be mentioned later plays off this irony, showing that it is such an awful place that no-one 'upstanding' would enter, but both she and the lawyer meet there.
"The rooms have a hint of asbestos and maybe just a dash of formaldehyde,
And the habit of decomposing right before your very (lalalala) eyes." This is playing off the original scene, just basically describing how awful the conditions. Trying to give more in-depth imagination of how grimy this place is. Using asbestos which is really harmful, adn formaldehyde which is used in dead bodies. And it is just falling apart.
"Along with the people inside" I believe that this line is a comparison between the people who use the motel, and the motel itself. So the motel is rotten as are the people.
"What a wonderful caricature of intimacy
Inside, what a wonderful caricature of intimacy" I think that this is meaning that the woman is playing up the relation as much more than it really is, a screw for a job. As in maybe hoping that pretending its ok, somehow makes it. And the 'wonderful caricature' means she is actually believing it.
"Tonight tenants range from: a lawyer and a 'virgin'" Describing the people who will be there for 'the show' that night.
"Rising with a rosary tucked inside her lingerie" This cannot be fully interpreted as anything besides the fact that she is in-fact religious. Which means nothing at the point.
"She's getting a job at the firm come Monday." This gives us the 'why' of the song. Explaining the situation, and how the woman is trying to get out of her position.
"The Mrs. will stay with the cheating attorney
moonlighting aside, she really needs his money." I did these lines as only one because it is a complete sentence that can often be misinterpreted. I believe this line indicates that the lawyer is far from loyal, and his wife knows it, but she accepts the fact because she needs the money her cheating husband brings in.
"Oh, wonderful caricature of intimacy." This is playing off of the wife in the relationship making it to be about more than the money, although it is known that it is not. SHe is also playing up their relationship.
"And not to mention, the constable, and his proposition, for that "virgin"" I think this is again playing off of irony, calling her a virgin for a second time, indicating she was never one in the beginning. The constable being the police officer has a certain proposition for the woman, almost the same as her proposition from the lawyer, but under different circumstances. She has sex with the cop, to keep from being arrested.
"Yes, the one the lawyer met with on "strictly business"
as he said to the Mrs." This meaning that it was the same virgin the lawyer had previously had sex with, but he had only told his wife that it was strictly business, how to make it big in the world.
"Well, only hours before,
after he had left, she was fixing her face in a compact." This shows that the woman is fixing herself up after the 'deed' preparing for the next job.
"There was a terrible crash (There was a terrible crash)" The cop breaks through the door in hopes of busting a prostitution scandal.
"Between her and the badge
She spilled her purse and her bag, and held a "purse" of a different kind." She is taken by surprise, spilling her belongings, then she was offered the prop. and held a 'purse' of a different kind, I think this is referring to maybe a condom? That's a complete guess.
"Along with the people inside." I think it is playing off the 'purse' meaning everyone is in there for that specific reason, to have sex, get paid, and get out.
"What a wonderful caricature of intimacy
Inside, what a wonderful caricature of intimacy" I think this is the woman and the officer both playing up the relation to make themselves feel better about. Just like before, only the woman is with a different man.
"There are no raindrops on roses and girls in white dresses." This meaning that nothing about this is innocent and nothing about the act is pure. It is in-fact the opposite.
"It's sleeping with roaches and taking best guesses" This could mean any number of things. It might refer to the motel room, or the acts being committed. 'roaches' being the men she sleeps with, and the bad guesses are the woman trying to make it through her life.
"At the shade of the sheets and before all the stains add a few more of your least favorite things." This could be branching off of the previous line saying bad guessing the sheet color based on motel conditions and what might have gone on. And saying that the room, the situation, the horror, is just what is being displayed by the woman and the men in that same room.
Thats waht I think it is. I could be wrong thoughh.
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