C 
I know I stand in line, until you think you have the time 
            Dm           G    Dm  G 
to spend an evening with me. 
    Dm            G                Dm                   G 
And if we go someplace to dance, I know that there's a chance 
              C 
you won't be leaving with me. 
    C7 
And afterwards we drop into a quiet little place 
            F             
and have a drink or two. 
 
    Dm             G               Dm                G 
And then I go and spoil it all, by saying something stupid 
         C            
like: "I love you". 
      C7 
I can see it in your eyes, that you despise the same old lies 
              F 
you heard the night before. 
    D                                          
And though it's just a line to you, for me it's true, 
                   G                 
it never seemed so right before. 
 
  C 
I practice every day to find some clever lines to say, 
            Dm            G     Dm   G 
to make the meaning come true. 
    Dm                G              Dm           G 
But then I think I'll wait until the evening gets late, 
         C 
and I'm alone with you. 
    C7 
The time is right, your perfume fills my head, the stars get red, 
             F                 
and, oh, the night's so blue. 
    Dm             G               Dm                G 
And then I go and spoil it all, by saying something stupid 
          C          
like: "I love you" 
 
Instr.: C (Dm G Dm G)x2 C 
 
    C7 
The time is right, your perfume fills my head, the stars get red, 
             F                 
and, oh, the night's so blue. 
    Dm             G               Dm                G 
And then I go and spoil it all, by saying something stupid 
          C        F 
like: "I love you" 
    C        F 
"I love you" 
    C         
"I love you"...