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