E                        C#m              E                           E6

I know I stand in line until you think you had the time to spend          

     F#m              B        F#m   B
an evening with me    

        F#m                 B                         F#m7                       B
And if we go some place to dance I know that there's a chance

                     C#m            E       E     E6

you won't be leaving with me.

        E                                        E7
And afterward we drop into a quiet little place

                    A                              C        

and have a drink or two.

        F#m7             B                   F#m7                     B
And then I go and spoil it all by saying something stupid

        E        C#m         E    E6
like, "I love you.

         E

I can see it in your eyes 

                   E7

that you despise the same old lies

                        A

you heard the night before.

        F#
And tho it's just a line for you

for me it's true and never seemed

     B7

so right before...

  E                      C#m                     E                      E6
I practice every day to find some clever lines to say

                      F#m                   B                  F#m      B
To make the meaning come through

      F#m               B                   F#m                B
But then I think I'll wait until the evening gets late

               C#m        E          E      E6
And I'm alone with you

       E                                                       E7
The time is right your perfume fills my head, the stars get red

                   A                            C
And oh the night's so blue

        F#m7            B                     F#m7                     B 
And then I go and spoil it all, by saying something stupid

         E                   C
Like: I love you

  E             C     E              
I love you,       I love you,...