OFF KEY BOSSA NOVA
(Lyrics written to the idea of "Desafinado" by Antonio Carlos Jobim)
Lyrics by Joel Sattler and Domenic Mercurio
Music by gbm
Domenic's great vocals made this song happen! Thanks Domenic!
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When I try to sing you say I sound a bit off-key
Can’t stay on the beat and wreck the melody
But you are so beautiful I want to find a way
to sing what's in my heart but it's more than I can say
My words for you have to soar outside of me
and to hold them in would be such agony
the camera of my mind has you on a photograph
but when you listen you just have to laugh
And if you must insist on classifying me
You would rate me lower than a senseless comedy
And have to lie to me so I open up to you
So this is bossa nova is taking me to lower grounds
My words for you have to soar outside of me
and to hold them in would be such agony
the camera of my mind has you on a photograph
but when you listen you just have to laugh
Don’t forget that in each beat a heart must go
carried in the tune is more that you can know
if only you could hear the song inside of me
and if I only could touch you
But you are so beautiful and I want to find a way
to sing what is in my heart but it's more than I can say
My words for you have to soar outside of me
and to hold them in would be such agony
the camera of my mind has you on a photograph
but when you listen you just have to laugh
