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 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 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 Hey 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 Ahh-ah Jodie never sleeps ‘cause there are always needles in the hay - hay She says a girl needs a gun these days Hey on account of the rattlesnakes Hey on account of the rattlesnakes She looks like Eve Marie Saint In on the waterfront As 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 Oooh Account of those rattlesnakes She says a girl needs a gun these days, hey Uh uh uh uh mmmhmmm She says a girl needs a gun these days, hey On account of the rattlesnakes Hey on account of those rattlesnakes