Something Stupid

1 November 2025

Something Stupid

by C. Carson Parks; changes by Debra Milligan

I know you stand in line

until I think I have the time

to spend an evening with you.

And if we go someplace to dance,

I know that there’s a chance

I won’t be leaving with you.

Afterwards we drop into a quiet little place

and have some tea for two

And then you go and spoil it all

By saying something stupid

Like,

I love you.

You can see it in my eyes

That I despise the same old lines

I heard the night before

And though it’s just a line for you

To me, it’s true

And never felt so right before.

Please practice every day

to find some clever lines to say

to make the meaning come through,

Then wait until the evening gets late

and I’m alone with you.

The time is right,

My perfume fills your head

The stars get red

And, oh,

The night’s so blue.

So go ahead and spoil it all,

By saying something stupid

Like,

I love you.

The time is right,

My perfume fills your head

The stars get red

And, oh,

the night’s so blue.

I’ll go ahead and

spoil it all

by saying

something stupid

like,

I love you,

I love you,

I love you.