Desafinado

Writer(s): antonio carlos jobim - john kendricks - newton mendonca





When i try to sing you say i'm off key

Why can't you see how much this hurts me

With your perfect beauty and your perfect pitch

You're a  perfect terror

When i come around must you always put me down



If you say my singing is off key my love

You will hurt my feelings don't you see my love

I wish i had an ear like yours

A voice that would behave

But all i have is feelings and a voice gone deaf



You insist my music goes against the rules

But rules were never meant for lovesick fools

I wrote this little song for you but you don't care

Its a crooked song oh but all my love is there



The thing that you would see if you would play your part

Is even if i'm out of tune i have a gentle heart

I took your picture with my trusty rollaflex

And now all i have developed is a complex



Possibly in vain i hope you weaken oh my love

And forget these rigid rules that undermine my dream of

A life of love and music with someone who'll understand

That even though i may be out of tune

When i attempt to say how much i love you

All that matters is the message that i bring

Which is my dear one i love you


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