It was written on my mind
Like the back of an envelope
Rehearsed and very carefully in reach
My cool cucumber non-committal speech

?
That I wrote while hanging out down at the beach

:)
And I shivered from the cold of the ice in my granite heart
Knowing that you didn't have a prayer

!

And then I rang the bell and you were there

(nervous)

And darling
Then your face was full of me
And then your eyes were too

LOL

And I knew, that you knew that I knew that
You knew that I knew that you knew that
I knew that you knew that I knew

WHAT?!! FALLING DOWN LOL.

That, friends and enemies, is the songwriting of Jimmy Webb ("By the Time I Get to Phoenix," "MacArthur Park," et al.), 1968, "Montage," written for the movie "How Sweet It Is" starring James Garner and Debbie Reynolds, recorded as a single by "The Love Generation." The Love Generation! Omg.

Who writes like that?! That song is something pop songs almost never are: funny and self-aware. There are a lot of country songs that do that but not many pop songs. And the instrumentals reinforce the wry lyrics: light at the beginning--Ba ba-ba Ba ba-ba Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba--and then the Mystic Chords when the girl answers the door--the cymbals Crash!-- and he folds like a cheap suitcase. Or, as Mr. Webb writes it:

I regained my self-control and I tried to close my big fat mouth
Before 'I love you' fell out on the floor

ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!

I didn't feel like Batman anymore

You can HEAR laughter in the background!

I hit my bloody elbow on the door

NO!

And then your brother asked if I had money for a haircut

OH!

And the pimple on my neck began to hurt

Ha-ha-ha!

Suddenly I wished I'd changed my shirt and darling...

Tremendous, TREMENDOUS! Jimmy Webb, here's to you.

Listen for your self, and smile, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_N6opXzcWw. Follow along with the full lyrics (sans editorializing) below. 

It was written on my mind
Like the back of an envelope
Rehearsed and very carefully in reach
My cool cucumber non-committal speech
That I wrote while hanging out down at the beach
And I shivered from the cold of the ice in my granite heart
Knowing that you didn't have a prayer
And then I rang the bell and you were there and darling
Then your face was full of me
And then your eyes were too
And I knew, that you knew that I knew that
You knew that I knew that you knew that
I knew that you knew that I knew

I regained my self-control and I tried to close my big fat mouth
Before 'I love you' fell out on the floor
I didn't feel like Batman anymore
I hit my bloody elbow on the door
And then your brother asked if I had money for a haircut
And the pimple on my neck began to hurt
Suddenly I wished I'd changed my shirt and darling
Then your face was full of me
And then your eyes were too
And I knew that you knew that I knew that
You knew that I knew that you knew that
I knew that you knew that I knew