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