“Somethin’ Stupid” is best known by Frank Sinatra and his daughter Nancy. It was covered by Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman in 2001 – the first and only time a father-daughter duo reached number #1.
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I know I stand in line
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Until you think you have the time
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To spend an evening with me
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And if we go someplace to dance
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I know that there’s a chance
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You won’t be leaving with me…
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And afterwards we drop into
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A quiet little place and have a drink or two
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And then I go and spoil it all
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By saying something stupid
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Like “I love you”
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I can see it in your eyes
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That you despise the same old line
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You heard the night before…
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And though it’s just a line to you,
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For me it’s true
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And never seemed so right before…
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I practice every day to find some clever lines to say
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To make the meaning come through
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But then I think I’ll wait until
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The evening gets late and I’m alone with you…
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The time is right, your perfume fills my head
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The stars get red and, oh, the night’s so blue
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And then I go and spoil it all
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By saying something stupid
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Like “I love you!”