[Verse 1]
I know I stand in line
Until you think you have the time
To spend an evening with me
And if we go some place to dance
I know that there's a chance
You won't be leaving with me

[Chorus]
Then afterwards we drop into
A quiet little place
And have a drink or two
And then I go and spoil it all
By saying somethin' stupid
Like, "I love you"

[Bridge]
I can see it in your eyes
That you despise the same old lines
You heard the night before
And though it's just a line to you
For me it's true
And never seemed so right before

[Verse 2]
I practice every day
To find some clever lines to say
To make the meaning come through
But then I think I'll wait
Until the evening gets late
And I'm alone with you
[Chorus]
The time is right, your perfume fills my head
The stars get red
And, oh, the night's so blue
And then I go and spoil it all
By saying somethin' stupid
Like, "I love you"

[Chorus]
The time is right, your perfume fills my head
The stars get red
And, oh, the night's so blue
And then I go and spoil it all
By saying somethin' stupid
Like, "I love you"

[Instrumental break]

[Bridge]
I can see it in your eyes
That you despise the same old lines
You heard the night before
And though it's just a line to you
For me it's true
And never seemed so right before
[Verse 3]
I practice every day
To find some clever lines to say
To make the meaning come through
But then I think I'll wait
Until the evening gets late
And I'm alone with you

[Chorus]
The time is right, your perfume fills my head
The stars get red
And, oh, the night's so blue
And then I go and spoil it all
By saying somethin' stupid
Like, "I love you"

[Outro]
"I love you"
"I love you"
"I love you"