We've talked it to death cryin' on the telephone
Nights when he drinks at home
she has to whisper throught her tears
Johnny she says you'd never do
these things to me
But I can never make her see
he's wasted such precious years
Well you married the wrong guy is all I ever say
He's a no good so and so
but she'll never let him go
Though she knows it will never work
she loves the jerk
She loves the jerk
He was the guy always out on the make
I guess he had what it takes to
turn the heads of pretty girls
She thought he would change
the worst of us will settle down
But he couldn't stay out of town
not even with this precious pearl
Now she lives with the lies
and the bumps and the bruises
He's a no good so and so
but she'll never let him go
Though she knows it will never work
she loves the jerk
She loves the jerk
Well I hang up the phone and
I pretend she's in my arms
What I wouldn't give for just one tenth of
what she gives Mister Charming
He's a no good so and so
but she'll never let him go
Though she knows it will never work
she loves the jerk
She loves the jerk
He's a no good so and so
but she'll never let him go
Though she knows it will never work
she loves the jerk