Just a girl who can't say no

And her sweetheart on parole

Her parents named her Jupiter

To bless her with a lucky soul

He's the boy who never cried

When they locked him up inside

And she nicknamed him her teardrop

For the tattoo by his eye

Now she's sleeping in her bed

And he's sleeping in her bed

And it's Jupiter and Teardrop

And it's Jupiter and Teardrop

She divines by radio

Pushing buttons show to show

And she wonders about the fate of

Lovers in the barrio

She forgets after a while

When she tunes in on the dial

Jackie Wilson's Lonely Teardrops

And she drives another mile

Now she's sleeping in her bed

And he's sleeping in her bed

And it's Jupiter and Teardrop

And they want to have a child

Walk together down the aisle

But the world we live in is mean

And it's built on sheer denial

The 'phone rings, it's for her

"I got to see ya Jupiter"

"I'm in trouble with the law"

"Bring my .38 caliber"

Now she's sleeping in her bed

As she pulls the 'phone plug dead

And it's Jupiter and Teardrop