"Straighten Up And Fly Right" lyrics - NAT KING COLE
A buzzard took a monkey for a ride in the air,
The monkey thought that everything
Was on the square.
The buzzard tried to throw the monkey
Off his back,
The monkey grabbed his neck and said,
"Now listen, Jack..."
Straighten up and fly right,
Straighten up and stay right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top.
Ain't no use in divin',
What's the use in jivin'?
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top.
The buzzard told the monkey,
You are chokin' me.
Release your hold and I'll set you free.
The monkey looked the buzzard right
Dead in the eye and said,
Your story's so touching, but it sounds
Just like a lie.
Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and stay right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top.
Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and stay right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top.
Ain't no use in divin'
Ain't no good in jivin'
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow - your - top.
Fly right!
The Nat King Cole Story (1961)
- Straighten Up And Fly Right
- Sweet Lorraine
- It's Only A Paper Moon
- Route 66
- (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
- The Christmas Song
- Nature Boy
- Lush Life
- Calypso Blues
- Mona Lisa
- Orange Colored Sky
- Too Young
- Unforgettable
- Somewhere Along The Way
- Walkin' My Baby Back Home
- Pretend
- Blue Gardenia
- I Am In Love
- Answer Me, My Love
- Smile
- Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
- The Sand And The Sea
- If I May
- A Blossom Fell
- To The Ends Of The Earth
- Night Lights
- Ballerina
- Stardust
- Send For Me
- St. Louis Blues
- Looking Back
- Non Dimenticar
- Paradise
- Oh Mary, Don't You Weep
- Ay, Cosita Linda
- Wild Is Love