[Verse 1]
Gonna scrape the trouble off my boots
As they were dancing in the evening
And the light shone through the trees
This girl my eye was following
Asked the band to play her a beat
Singin' she'd do that long time jerk
She hit me where it hurts
Oh your heart
Now my heart will burst
Oh no

[Verse 2]
Ah, but it took me back to wonderland
I witnessed long ago
Babblin' words of preachers
Saying "Don't bury me no more"
Oh

[Pre-Chorus]
And I've forgotten how to worry
And I don't know how to run
Against the odds I realize
This struggle could be won
We dance
[Chorus]
Long time jerk
She did it to me first
Oh, my heart
With that long time jerk
Say, do that long time jerk

[Verse 3]
Bring on those tapes from the past
You look better in a mirror
Feel that long time jerkin'
Between the taker and the giver
Feel that

[Chorus]
Long time jerk
She did it to me first
Oh, my heart
With that long time jerk
Say, do that long time jerk

[Bridge]
I've forgotten how to worry
And I don't know how to run
Against the odds I realize
This struggle could be fun!
Oh, through lanes and streets and houses
And reversing rush of time
She made me reinvent the world
Before inventing time
(Before invented time)
[Chorus]
Long time jerk
She did it to me first
Oh, my heart
With that long time jerk
Say, do that long time jerk

[Outro]
Long, long, long, long, long
Long time
Long time jerk