Jeannie Nitro - The Fratellis

Well she came round here and nobody could speak her name

And she talked in circles like she needed someone else to blame

And everybody prayed she would go back from where she came

The sun didn’t shine and for forty days all it did was rain

Well the lights burned out, and the circus they got out of town

And the priest’s last rites were the only words that could be found

The loverboys couldn’t tell the time 'cause the phones were down

The poets couldn’t find the words to describe the sound

Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie Nitro

Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie Nitro

Came, she saw, she made them cry

Lost their hearts but don’t know why

Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie Nitro

Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie Nitro

Spoke the words and begged to die

Sold her dream for you and I

Well the good girls danced with the devil in the open yard

(Jeannie, Jeannie, oh Jeannie, Jeannie)

But the blood from their thighs was the only thing that made him hard

(Jeannie, Jeannie, oh Jeannie, Jeannie)

She couldn’t read the signs on the wall where they had her scarred

She was the one time lover of a victim of the avant-garde

Well it was said she was raised by the praise of a furious man

(Jeannie, Jeannie, oh Jeannie, Jeannie)

But she couldn’t tell you how or when that it all began

(Jeannie, Jeannie, oh Jeannie, Jeannie)

A woman has to feel alive any way she can

She don’t plead dumb or pretend that she don’t understand

Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie Nitro

Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie Nitro

Came, she saw, she made them cry

Lost their hearts but don’t know why

Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie Nitro

Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie Nitro

Spoke the words and begged to die

Sold her dream for you and I

Well she came round here and nobody could speak her name

And she talked in circles like she needed someone else to blame

And everybody prayed she would go back from where she came

The sun didn’t shine and for forty days all it did was rain

Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie Nitro

Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie Nitro

Came, she saw, she made them cry

Lost their hearts but don’t know why

Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie Nitro

Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie Nitro

Spoke the words and begged to die

Sold her dream for you and I