Written by Grant-Lee Phillips
verse 1: A Bm D Just a girl who can't say no A Bm D And her sweetheart on parole A Bm D Parents named her Jupiter A Bm D To bless her with a lucky soul A Bm D He's a boy who never cried A Bm D When they locked him up inside A Bm D And she nicknamed him her teardrop A Bm D For the tattoo by his eyeverse 2: A Bm D She divines by radio A Bm D Pushing buttons show to show A Bm D And she wonders 'bout the fate of A Bm D Lovers in the barrio A Bm D She forgets after a while A Bm D When she tunes in on the dial A Bm D Jackie Wilson's Lonely Teardrops A Bm D And she drives another mileE D (Dsus2) Now she's sleeping in her bed E D (D/F#) And he's sleeping in her bed A Bm D And it's Jupiter and Teardrop A Bm D And it's Jupiter and Teardropverse 3: A Bm D And they want to have a child A Bm D Walk together down the aisle A Bm D But the world they live in is mean A Bm D And it's built on sheer denial A Bm D The phone rings it's for her A Bm D Got to see ya Jupiter A Bm D I'm in trouble with the law A Bm D Bring my 38 caliberE D (Dsus2) Now she's sleeping in her bed E D (D/F#) And he's sleeping in her bed A Bm D And it's Jupiter and Teardrop A Bm D And it's Jupiter and Teardrop A Bm D And it's Jupiter and TeardropEnding: E D (Dsus2) Oh oh oh E D (D/F#) Ooh ooh oohE D (Dsus2) Now she's sleeping in her bed E D (D/F#) As she pulls the phone plug dead dead A Bm D And it's Jupiter and Teardrop A Bm D And it's Jupiter and Teardrop A Bm D A And it's Jupiter and Teardrop oh Bm D And it's Jupiter and Teardrop A Bm D And it's Jupiter and Tear A Bm D And it's Jupiter and Tear