Rodney Crowell - She Loves The Jerk lyrics

We've talked it to d**h, 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 She loves the jerk