Off Key [Desafinado] lyrics

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

All I have is feeling

And the voice God gave

You insist my music

Goes against the rules

Yes, but rules were never made

For lovesick fools

I wrote this little song for you,

But you don't care.

It's a crooked song,

Ah, but all my heart 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 Rolleyflex

And now all I have developed

Is a complex

Possibly in vain,

I hope you'll weaken, oh my love

And forget those 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

• Artist:Ella Fitzgerald
• Album:Ella Abraça Jobim (1981)