She Loves The Jerk - John Hiatt

We’ve talked it to death

Cryin' on the telephone

Nights when he drinks at home

She has to whisper through 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

Oh, 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 never gonna change

Oh woh, love is strange

She’ll never let him go

Well I know, I know, I know

I know, I know, I know, I know

She’s never gonna see

She’ll be better off with me

He’s never gonna change

Oh woh, love is so strange

She’ll never let him, never let him go

I know, I know, I know, I know

She’s just never gonna, never gonna see