[Verse 1]
Jodie wears a hat
Although it hasn't rained for 6 days
She says a girl needs a gun these days
Hey, on account of those rattlesnakes
On account of those rattlesnakes

[Chorus 1]
She looks like Eva Marie Saint
In "On the Waterfront"
She reads Simone de Beauvoir
In her American circumstance

[Verse 2]
She's less than sure if her heart has come
To stay in San Jose
And her never-born 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

[Chorus 1]
She looks like Eva Marie Saint
In "On the Waterfront"
She says all she needs is therapy
All you need is love is all you need
[Verse 3]
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 the rattlesnake
Hey, on account of the rattlesnakes

[Chorus 1]
She looks like Eva Marie Saint
In "On the Waterfront"
She reads Simone de Beauvoir
In her American circumstance

[Chorus 2]
Her heart's like crazy paving
Upside down and back to front
She says, oh, it's so hard to love
When love was your great disappointment

[Outro]
All those rattlesnakes
She says that a girl needs a gun these days
A girl needs a gun these days
On account of those rattlesnakes
Hey, on account of those rattlesnakes