 The song's computerized beeps flow alongside Fergie singing about being clumsy and in love, with the bridge consisting of the lines "You got me trippin', stumblin', flippin', fumblin' / Clumsy cuz I'm fallin in love".According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Alfred Publishing, "Clumsy" is set in the time signature of common time with a tempo of 92 beats per minute.It is composed in the key of C major with Fergie's vocal range spanning from the note of G3 to the note of F5.