Rattlesnakes Lyrics - Lloyd Cole

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 all the 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 never-born child still haunts her 

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 obvious despite herself 

She looks like Eve Marie Saint in on the waterfront 

She says all she needs is therapy, yeah 

All you need is, love is all you need 

Jodie never sleeps 'cause there are always needles in the hay 

She says that a girl needs a gun these days 

Hey on account of all the rattlesnakes 

She looks like Eve Marie Saint in on the waterfront 

As she reads Simone de Beauvoir in her American circumstance 

Her heart, 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."