Rattlesnakes

Jodie wears a hat although it hasn't rained for six days She says a girl needs a gun these days Hey, on account of those rattlesnakes Hey, on account of those rattlesnakes She looks like Eve Marie Saint In on the waterfront She reads Simone de Beauvoir In her American circumstance She's less than sure if her heart has come to stay in San Jose And her neverborn child still haunts her now as she speeds down the freeway As she tries her luck with the traffic police out of boredom more than spite She never finds no trouble, she tries too hard She's oblivious despite herself She looks like Eve Marie Saint In on the waterfront She says all she needs is therapy All you need is, love is all you need Jodie never sleeps 'cause There are always needles in the hay, hey She says that a girl needs a gun these days Hey, on account of all the rattlesnakes Hey, on account of the rattlesnakes She looks like Eve Marie Saint In on the waterfront She reads Simone de Beauvoir In her American circumstance Her heart's like crazy paving Upside down and back to front She says ooh, it's so hard to love When love was your great disappointment Hey, on account of all the rattlesnakes She says that a girl needs a gun these days A girl needs a gun these days Hey, on account of all the rattlesnakes Hey, on account of all the rattlesnakes