I've got a reputation of being a man with a gift of words
 Romantic poetic type or so they say
 But I find it hard to express the way I feel about you
 Without getting involved with the old clichés

In the old clichés, it's an old cliché

This song's begun so many times but never in a way
 That you won't consider to be an old cliché.
 I want to say that I need you, I miss you when you're away
 And how it seemed like fate - oh here we go - the same old clichés

It's the same old clichés

It's not that I'm embarrassed or shy, well, you know me too well
 But I want to make this song special in a way that you can tell
 That it's solely for you and nobody else
 For my best friend, my lover, when I need help - cliché
 Everything I want to say to you is wrapped up in an old cliché
 I'd waited so long to find you, I'd been through the heartbreak and pain
 But of course you already know that 'cause you've been through the same
 That's why I'm trying to say with my deepest sincerity
 That's why I'm finding [bad word] down to basic simplicities
 The best way is with an old cliché
 It's simply the best way, is with an old cliché
 Always the best way is with an old cliché
 I'll leave it to the best way, it's an old cliché
 I love you