I’m Sorry for Being a Jerk

Words and Music © 1986 by Howard Ashby Kranz

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1. I know I was thoughtless: I also was loud, love.

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Tried to be cool, but it didn’t work.

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My pride’s gonna leave me without much to be proud of

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I’m sorry for being a jerk.

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2. Please look at my heart, love; don’t judge by my actions.

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That’s not me; that’s only a quirk

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I’ll take any terms; I’ll make any retractions

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I’m sorry for being a jerk.

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Bridge: Sometimes I want so much to impress you

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that I trip on my shoelaces trying.

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And then – I know it’s senseless, but I put up defenses

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And I laugh like a fool while I’m dying,

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3. I think that my mouth should be put on a tether

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When my brain wanders off in the murk

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If you’re going to despise me, let’s do it together

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I’m sorry for being this clown you’ve been seeing.

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I’m sorry for being a jerk.

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