Intro: 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 feeling and a voice God gave
You insist my music goes against the rules Yes, but rules were never meant for lovesick fools I wrote this little song for you, but you don't care
It's 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 Rolleiflex But 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