Annotated lyrics for The Hold Steady song 'Girls Like Status' - He was drawn-up in the dark up in Penetration Park / He says he's got your medication / She was sitting on the edges of his vision trying to start a revolution / But he's done with all the parties, he's covered in contusions / Your laugh leaves laugh lines, your love leaves bright bruises / She said she was cruising but she came back all proud and out of focus with a cool car crankin' Krokus / Guys go for looks, girls go for status / There are so many nights where this is just how it happens / Guys go for looks, girls go for status / He was dreadlocked in the dorms in the Colorado corn / He says he's got your vegetation / She was sitting on the edge of the bed smoking trying to reach emancipation / And he's done with DVDs, he's fully entertained / He's bleaching out the blood stains, he's got diamonds in the drain / She said that she was coming but she mostly just made hard fast noises / It kind of sounded like The Locust / It was song number three on John's last CD / 'I'm going to make it through this year if it kills me' / And it almost killed me / And song number four on that first D4, you want the scars but you don't want the war / That's just hardcore / These kids are clever to the core / Guys go for looks, girls go for status / Guys go for looks, girls go for status / Guys go for looks, girls go for status