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 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 love is strange she loves the jerk she ll never let him go i know i know i know i know i know i know she loves the jerk she s never gonna see she d be better off with me she loves the jerk he s never gonna change love is so strange she loves the jerk she ll never never let him go i know i know i know i know i know i know she loves the jerk she s just never never gonna see she d be better off with me