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, "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 disappointments"