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Credits
AUSFĆHRENDE KĆNSTLER:INNEN
Nat "King" Cole
Künstler:in
John Collins
Gitarre
Charlie Harris
Bass
KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT
Irving Mills
Songwriter:in
Nat "King" Cole
Songwriter:in
PRODUKTION UND TECHNIK
Lee Gillette
Produzent:in
Lyrics
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!
Writer(s): Irving Mills, Nat King Cole
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