somethin' stupid

Frank and Nancy Sinatra had the first father and daughter chart topper with this delightfully dense duet. 'Somethin' Stupid' was a remake of the song by Carson and Gaile, a husband and wife duo. Carson was C. Carson Parks who had written the tune. Frank played their version for Nancy's producer, Lee Hazlewood, who remembers: "He asked me, 'Do you like it?' and I said, 'I love it, and if you don't sing it with Nancy, I will.' He said, 'We're gonna do it, book a studio.'" It became the centerpiece of Frank's album 'The World We Knew'. Al Casey did the guitar part on the song. 'Somethin' Stupid' went to number one on the US pop chart for four weeks and stayed on the adult contemporary chart for nine weeks. It also went to number one in the UK.

I know I stand in line

Until you think you have the time

To spend an evening with me

And if we go someplace to dance,

I know that there's a chance

You won't be leaving with me

And afterwards we drop into a quiet little place

And have a drink or two

And then I go and spoil it all

By saying something 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 something stupid like "I love 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 something stupid like "I love you"

I love you

I love you

I love you

I love you