OFF BEAT
(Leon Pober)

as recorded by June Christy
with orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo
August 19th 1960 Hollywood


I follow my own design,
I walk no-one else's line,
So everyone says that I'm
Off beat!

I'm figured a way way out,
Not many will go my route,
To them I'm without a doubt
Off beat!

I don't run with the crowd or try to belong,
And just 'cause I'm different doesn't mean I'm wrong!

I never could quite conform
To what's the accepted norm,
I'm swingin' above the storm,
Off beat!

I'm figured a way way out,
Not many will go my route,
To them I'm without a doubt
Off beat!

I don't run with the crowd or try to belong,
And just 'cause I'm different doesn't mean I'm wrong!

I never could quite conform
To what's the accepted norm,
I'm swingin' above the storm,
Off beat, off beat!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - January 2015)