Just a girl who can't say no 
And her sweetheart on parole 
Parents named her jupiter 
To bless her with a lucky soul 
He's a 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 'bout 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 it's jupiter and teardrop 
And it's jupiter and teardrop 

And they want to have a child 
Walk together down the aisle 
But the world they live in is mean 
And it's built on sheer denial 
The phone rings it's for her 
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 
And it's jupiter and teardrop 
And it's jupiter and teardrop oh 
And it's jupiter and teardrop 
And it's jupiter and tear oh 
And it's jupiter and tear 
Oh oh 
Ooh ooh ooh