Lyrics She Loves The Jerk - John Hiatt

She Loves The Jerk

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