We've talked it to death
Crying on the telephone
Nights when he drinks at home
She has to whisper through the tears
?Darling,? she says,
?You never do these things to me?
But I could never make her see
He's wasted such precious years
?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'll never work, she loves the jerk
She loves the jerk
He was the guy
Always out on the lake
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 for 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'll never work, she loves the jerk
She loves the jerk
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 Mr. Charming
He's a no-good so-and-so
But she'll never let him go
Though she knows it'll never work, she loves the jerk
She loves the jerk
She loves the jerk
She loves the jerk
She loves the jerk