[Verse 1]
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
She's wasted such precious years

[Chorus]
"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'll never work
She loves the jerk
She loves the jerk

[Verse 2]
He was the guy always out on the make
I guess he has what it takes
To turn the heads of pretty girls
She thought he might change
The worst of us could settle down
He couldn't stay out of town
Not even for this precious pearl
[Chorus]
So 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

[Bridge]
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

[Chorus]
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

[Outro]
She loves the jerk
She loves the jerk
She loves the jerk
She loves the jerk (I know, I know, I know, I know)
She loves the jerk (I know, I know, I know, I know)
She loves the jerk (I know, I know, I know, I know)
She loves the jerk
She loves the jerk