Desafinado from Nova Jobim by Lyn Acton & Bossa Loco

Antonio Carlos Jobim & Newton Mendonca
trans. Mal Adam

So you say that I am singing out of key
Won't you know love how much you are hurting me
Only lucky people can hear a tune as clear as you
I can only hear what the Lord meant me to
If you insist that what I do ain't musical
Then I say that what you hear's not it at all
If I could I would tell you all about the key
This is bossa nova, can you hear it naturally?

You don't even know how the players take their part
Music is the best when it sings from the heart
I got your picture babe, with my Rolleiflex
How it's showing that you never even care
You will never know my love - I'll never get to say
Cos the deepest love can only happen when you play
So with all your music forget to play the song
Listen to us singing - how we know it can't be wrong
Deep within us bossa nova's singing oh so naturally

• Brazil
• Jobim
• Latin
• Portugese
• bossa nova
• jazz
• latin jazz
• translation
• United Kingdom