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.

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».

I can see it in your eyes that you despise 

the same old lies 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.

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.

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». (2v.)