A Girl Needs a Gun These Days

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

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
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
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


I had my thyroidectomy on Monday, April 28th.  I've been home since Tuesday morning.  It has been an experience, to say the least.  This song, "Rattlesnakes" is one of my favorites ever.  It was brought to me by Ms. Tori  Amos who covered it on her 2001 album "Strange Little Girls."  If I could sing right now, this is what I would sing.  I have currently  lost all upper ranges of my voice but I have faith I will get them back.

I will write out my entire thyroidectomy story later.