Nat King Cole Lyrics: 2024

compilation: Jumpin' At Capitol (1990)

Jumpin' At Capitol lyrics - Nat King Cole

(Instrumental)

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!

Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You lyrics - Nat King Cole

Love makes me treat you the way that I do,

Gee baby, ain't I good to you?

There's nothing in this world too good

For a girl so good and true.

Gee baby, ain't I good to you?

Bought you a fur coat for Christmas,

A diamond ring,

A big Cadillac car, and everything.

What makes me treat you the way that I do?

Gee baby, ain't I good to you?

Bought you a fur coat for Christmas,

A diamond ring,

A big Cadillac car, and everything.

What makes me treat you the way that I do?

Gee...

Baby, ain't I good... to you?

Sweet Lorraine lyrics - Nat King Cole

(originally by Rudy Vallee)

Just found joy

I'm as happy as a baby boy, baby boy

With another brand new choo-choo choy

When I met my sweet Lorraine, Lorraine, Lorraine.

A pair of eyes

That are brighter than the summer sky

When you see them, you'll realize

Why I love my sweet Lorraine.

Now when it's rainin',

I don't miss the sun

Because it's in my baby's smile, whoa ho

And to think that I'm the lucky one

That will lead her down the aisle, whoa ho ho

Each night I pray

That no one will steal her heart away

I can't wait until that lucky day

When I marry sweet Lorraine.

Now when it's rainin'

I don't miss the sun

Because it's in my baby's smile, whoa ho

And to think that I'm the lucky one

That will lead her down the aisle, whoa ho ho

Each night I pray

That no one will steal her heart away

I can't wait until that lucky day

When I marry sweet Lorraine.

It's Only A Paper Moon lyrics - Nat King Cole

(originally by Paul Whiteman)

It is only a paper moon

Sailing over a cardboard sea

But it wouldn't be make-believe

If you believe in me

It is only a canvas sky

Hanging over a muslin tree

But it wouldn't be make-believe

If you believe in me

Without your love

It's a honky-tonk parade

Without your love

It's a melody played

In a penny arcade

It's a Barnum and Bailey world

Just as phony as it can be

But it wouldn't be make-believe

If you believe in me

Without your love

It's a honky-tonk parade

Without your love

It's a melody played

In a penny arcade

It's a Barnum and Bailey world

Just as phony as it can be

But it wouldn't be make-believe

If you believe in me

When I Take My Sugar To Tea lyrics - Nat King Cole

I'm just a little Jackie Horner

Since I met my sugar cane

That gang of mine has been revealin'

That they're feelin' sore

I left the lamp light on the corner

For the moon in lover's lane

I'm doing things I never did before

When I take my sugar to tea

All the boys are jealous of me

'Cause I never take her where the gang goes

When I take my sugar to tea

I'm a rowdy-dowdy--that's me

She's a high-hat baby--that's she

So I never take her where the gang goes

When I take my sugar to tea

Ev'ry Sunday afternoon

We forget about our cares

Rubbing elbows at the Ritz

With those millionaires

When I take my sugar to tea

I'm as Ritzy as can be

'Cause I never take her where the gang goes

When I take my sugar to tea

The Frim Fram Sauce lyrics - Nat King Cole

I don't want French fried potatoes,

Red ripe tomatoes,

I'm never satisfied.

I want the frim fram sauce with the Ausen fay

With chafafa on the side.

I don't want pork chops and bacon,

That won't awaken

My appetite inside.

I want the frim fram sauce with the Ausen fay

With chafafa on the side.

Now a persons really got to eat

And a person should eat right.

Five will get you ten

I'm gonna feed myself right tonight.

I don't want fish cakes and rye bread,

You heard what I said.

Waiter, please serve mine fried

I want the frim fram sauce with the Ausen fay

With chafafa on the side.

Now a persons really got to eat

And a person should eat right.

Five will get you ten

I'm gonna feed myself right tonight.

I don't want fish cakes and rye bread,

You heard what I said.

Waiter, please serve mine fried

I want the frim fram sauce with the Ausen fay

With chafafa on the side.

I want the frim fram sauce with the ausen fay

with cha fafa, cha fafa, cha fafa, on the side

P-LEAZZZE!

I'm A Shy Guy lyrics - Nat King Cole

I'm just a shy guy,

My, I'm a 'fraid-to-try guy

No lie.

There's a gal that I idolize

But I just can't seem to hypnotize.

And when she pets me,

You betcha, it gets me.

And everytime I hold her hand,

I'm just too shy to say the things I plan.

Everytime she's close to me,

My heart is filled with ecstasy,

And like a dope, I let the chance slip by.

There, I should have told her then

But all I did was sit and grin,

And I ended up so mad that I could cry.

'Cause I'm a shy guy

Wish I was a sly guy

Then I could say, "Baby, baby, I love you"

Just like those guys in moving pictures all do.

I'm just a shy guy

Wish I was a sly guy

Then I could say, "Baby, baby, I love you"

Just like those guys in moving pictures all do.

Embraceable You lyrics - Nat King Cole

Embrace me

My sweet embraceable you

Embrace me

You, irreplaceable you

Just one look at you

My heart grows tipsy in me

You and you alone

Bring out the gypsy in me

I love all

The many charms about you

Above all

I want my arms around you

Don't be a naughty baby

Come to papa, come to papa do

My sweet embraceable you

Don't be a naughty baby

Come to papa, come to papa do

My sweet embraceable you

(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons lyrics - Nat King Cole

I love you for sentimental reasons

I hope you do believe me

I'll give you my heart

I love you and you alone were meant for me

Please give your loving heart to me

And say we'll never part

I think of you every morning

Dream of you every night

Darling, I'm never lonely

Whenever you are in sight

I love you for sentimental reasons

I hope you do believe me

I've given you my heart

I love you for sentimental reasons

I hope you do believe me

I've given you my heart

What Is This Thing Called Love? lyrics - Nat King Cole

(Instrumental)

If You Can't Smile And Say Yes (Please Don't Cry And Say No) lyrics - Nat King Cole

Knock me a kiss, you'll never miss

When I'm ready to go.

But if you can't smile and say yes,

Please don't cry and say no!

Squeeze me a squoze in these fine clothes,

Mmmm...I love you so.

But if you can't smile and say yes,

Please don't cry and say no!

When I ask for a date, the answer is no.

You don't know what you're saying.

Don't you know the war's on,

Everything is rationed,

How 'bout that jive, keep me alive?

Baby, let bygones be bygones,

'Cause men are scarce as nylons.

And if you can't smile and say yes,

Please don't cry and say no!

Baby, let bygones be bygones,

'Cause men are scarce as nylons.

And if you can't smile and say yes,

Please don't cry and say no, no, no, baby

Please don't cry and say no.

Come To Baby, Do! lyrics - Nat King Cole

I took a choo-choo-choo-choo fast as I could take a choo-choo,

I've come a long-long-long-long way to take you in my arms.

And now it's your first move to prove that you've been true,

Come to baby, do.

I've been away-way-way-way-way beyond the blue horizon,

I hope that no-no-no-no-no one else is on your mind.

So pucker up, my sweet, and meet your Waterloo,

Come to baby, do.

Stop me from guessing,

T'ain't no time to tease.

Stop all your messin',

And put your beggin' baby at ease.

I wanna love-love-love you just the way I wanna love you,

I'm gonna try-try-try to try to make you understand.

When all is said and done, the one for me is you.

Come to baby, do.

Come to baby, do.

I've come a long, long way to kiss ya

You'll never know how much I missed ya.

Stop your teasin'

Come to baby, do.

All For You lyrics - Nat King Cole

When you raise your eyes and make believe,

All the stars come out and paint a world of blue.

There's my heart right up your sleeve

Waiting all for you.

When you smile on me, the world is mine,

And the dreams I dream, I know will all come true.

Every care becomes divine

Waiting all for you.

My heart is beating to the old refrain

When I'm alone with you.

My heart's repeating, "I'm in love again"

Can't we hold a rendez-vous?

You're the dreams I dream, the song I sing

You're the stars and moon and nearly everything.

Life would be a symphony,

Waiting all for you.

My heart is beating to the old refrain

When I'm alone with you.

My heart's repeating, "I'm in love again"

Can't we hold a rendez-vous?

You're the dreams I dream, the song I sing

You're the stars and moon and nearly everything.

Life would be a symphony,

Living all for you.

For You My Love lyrics - Nat King Cole

For you, my love, I'd do most anything,

For you, my love, I'd do most anything,

I love you baby, and I hope you feel the same!

For you, my love, I'd swim the ocean blue,

For you, my love, I'd swim the ocean blue,

There's nothing in this world that I wouldn't do for

You!

Let's go out tonight and celebrate,

I've a party plan for you that just won't wait!

For you, my love, I'd do most anything,

I love you baby, and I hope you feel the same!

You made me drink, you made me dream,

Changed my drink to milk and cream1

I said goodbye to all the mob,

I even went out and got a job!

For you, my love, I'd do most anything,

I love you baby, and I hope you feel the same!

(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 lyrics - Nat King Cole

If you ever plan to motor west

Travel my way

Take the highway that's the best

Get your kicks on Route 66

It winds from Chicago to LA

More than two thousand miles all the way

Get your kicks on Route 66

Now you go through St. Louis

Joplin, Missouri

And Oklahoma City looks mighty pretty

You'll see Amarillo

Gallup, New Mexico

Flagstaff, Arizona

Don't forget Winona

Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino

Won't you get hip to this timely tip

When you make that California trip

Get your kicks on Route 66

Won't you get hip to this timely tip

When you make that California trip

Get your kicks on Route 66

Get your kicks on Route 66

Get your kicks on Route 66

Nat King Cole other songs:

All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) lyrics - Nat King Cole Trio

Do-do-do-dum

Do-do-do-dum

Do-do-do-do-do-do

Do-do-do-do-do-do

All I want for Christmas

Is my two front teeth

My two front teeth

My two front teeth

Gee, if I could only have

My two front teeth

Then I could wish you Merry Christmas

It seems so long

Since I could say

"Sister Susie sitting on a thistle"

Gosh, oh gee

How happy I'd be if I could only whistle

All I want for Christmas

Is my two front teeth

My two front teeth

My two front teeth

Gee, if I could only have

My two front teeth

Then I could wish you Merry Christmas

All I want for Christmas

Is my two front teeth

Two front teeth

Two front teeth

Gee, if I could only have

My two front teeth

Then I could wish you Merry Christmas

It seems so long

Since I could say

"Sister Susie sitting on a thistle"

Gosh, oh gee

How happy I'd be if I could only whistle

All I want for Christmas

Is my two front teeth

Two front teeth

Two front teeth

Gee, if I could only have

My two front teeth

Then I could wish you Merry Christmas

It seems so long

Since I could say

"Sister Susie sitting on a thistle"

Gosh, oh gee

How happy I'd be if I could only whistle

So, all I want for Christmas

Is my two front teeth

Two front teeth

My two front teeth

Gee, if I could only have

My two front teeth

Then I could wish you Merry Christmas (Christmas)

Buon Natale (Means Merry Christmas To You) lyrics - Nat King Cole

Buon Natale, means Merry Christmas to you

Buon Natale, to everyone

Happy New Year and lots of fun

Buon Natale, may all your wishes come true

Buon Natale in Italy

Means a Merry Christmas to you

Far away across the sea

In sunny Italy

There's a quaint little town

Not a clock has been wound

For over a century

They don't know the time or year

And no one seems to care

And this is the reason

The Christmas season

Is celebrated all year

Buon Natale, means Merry Christmas to you

Buon Natale, to everyone

Happy New Year and lots of fun

Buon Natale, may all your wishes come true

Buon Natale in Italy

Means Merry Christmas to you

China Gate lyrics - Nat King Cole

China Gate, China Gate

Many dreams, and many heart

You separate like two arms open wide

Some you welcome in and some must stay outside

Blow of rice, bitter tea

Is this all the good earth has to offer me?

Will I find peace of mind?

Does my true love wait behind the China Gate?

Will I find peace of mind?

Does my true love wait behind the China Gate?

Come In Out Of The Rain lyrics - Nat King Cole

Come in out of the rain

Brush those tears from your eyes

If I've been kind of mean to you

I apologize

Come here, where you belong

You were right, I was wrong

Sometimes we have a spat or two

What is love without a few?

Ah, come on, let a smile shine through

Come in out of the rain

Come here, where you belong

You were right, I was wrong

Sometimes we have a spat or two

What is love without a few?

Ah, come on, let a smile shine through

Come in out of the rain

Come in out of the rain

Coo-Coo-Roo-Coo-Coo, Paloma lyrics - Nat King Cole

Please, pretty little dove

Hurry to my love, tell her this for me

Since she is far away

Every day is sad, blue as it can be

I couldn't even start

Pouring out my heart to her in a letter

You pretty little bird

You can sing the words, you can tell her better

Coo-coo-roo-coo-coo, paloma

Tell her that I'm oh so lonely

Coo-coo-roo-coo-coo, paloma

Tell her that I love her only

Say that I love her so

Everywhere I go

All I do is yearn

Just longing for her kiss

Dreaming of the bliss

When she will return

My head is full of stars

Full of soft guitars

Full of lover's wooing

Please hurry to her there

Tell her that I care

Tell her with your cooing

Coo-coo-roo-coo-coo, paloma

Tell her that I'm oh so lonely

Coo-coo-roo-coo-coo, paloma

Tell her that I love her only

Coo-coo-roo-coo-coo

Coo-coo-roo-coo-coo

Coo-coo-roo-coo-coo, paloma

How Deep Is The Ocean lyrics - Nat King Cole

How much do I love you?

I'll tell you no lie

How deep is the ocean?

How high is the sky?

How many times a day do I think of you?

How many roses are sprinkled with dew?

How far would I travel?

To be where you are?

How far is the journey

From here to a star?

And if I ever lose you

How much would I cry?

How deep is the ocean?

How high is the sky?

And if I ever lose you

How much would I cry?

How deep is the ocean?

How high is the sky?

Just As Much As Ever lyrics - Nat King Cole

Just as much as ever

I need you and want you to be here

Just as much as ever

I love you, and always will, my dear

Even though we two are parted

My feelings for you never drop

For loving you is something I started

And don't know how to stop

Just as much as ever

I'm hoping that you'll be mine again

Darlin', 'cause I'll never be satisfied till then

For I am still the same old me

With the same old love for you

Just as much as ever, my heart beats for you

(Just as much as ever)

(I'm hoping that you'll be mine again)

Darling, 'cause I'll never be satisfied till then

For I am still the same old me

With the same old love for you

Just as much as ever, my heart beats for you

Never Let Me Go lyrics - Nat King Cole

Never let me go

Love me much too much

If you let me go

Life will lose its touch

What would I be without you?

There's no place for me without you

Never let me go

I'd be so lost if you went away

There'd be a thousand hours in a day

Without you I know

Because of one caress my world was overturned

At the very start

All my bridges burned

By my flaming heart

You'd never leave me would you?

You couldn't hurt me could you?

Never let me go

Never let me go

Never let me go

I'd be so lost if you went away

There'd be a thousand hours in a day

Without you I know

Because of one caress my world was overturned

At the very start

All my bridges burned

By my flaming heart

You'd never leave me would you?

You couldn't hurt me could you?

Never let me go

Never let me go

On The Sunny Side Of The Street lyrics - Nat King Cole

Grab your coat and your hat

Leave your worries on the doorstep

Just direct your feet

To the sunny sunny side of the street

Can't you hear that pitter pat

Of that happy little tune in your step

Life can be so sweet

On the sunny sunny side of the street

I used to walk in the shade

With my blues on parade

I'm not afraid

Because my worries are all over

And the road's crossed over

If I'd never have a cent

I'd be rich as Rockefeller

Gold dust at my feet

On the sunny sunny side of the street

I used to walk in the shade

With my blues on parade

I'm not afraid

Because my worries are all over

And the road's crossed over

If I'd never have a cent

I'd be rich as Rockefeller

With gold dust at my feet

On the sunny sunny side of the street

On the sunny sunny side of the street

Red Sails In The Sunset lyrics - Nat King Cole

{Red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea}

Oh, carry my loved one home safely to me

{She sailed at the dawning, all day I've been blue}

Red sails in the sunset, I'm trusting in you

Swift wings you must borrow

Make straight for the shore

We marry tomorrow

And she goes sailing no more

{Red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea}

Oh, carry my loved one home safely to me

Swift wings you must borrow

Make straight for the shore

We marry tomorrow

And she goes sailing no more

{Red sails in the sunset}

Way out on the sea (ooh-wee-ooh, wee-ooh)

Oh, carry my loved one

{Home safely to me}

[bracketed words are sung by Nat in unison with background singers]

[words in parentheses are sung by background singers only]

Ridin' On The Gravy Train lyrics - Paul Weston, Nat King Cole & Jo Stafford

I'm just walking through clover

Got no right to complain

All my worries are over

Ridin' on the gravy train

Left my troubles behind me

Left 'em back in the rain

If you want me you'll find me

Ridin' on the gravy train

Brother, I occupy a seat on the aisle

Don't need fair going there

Cause your ferry's a smile

Got a rainbow to guide me

Got a happy refrain

Lady luck is beside me

Ridin' on the gravy train

Brother, I occupy a seat on the aisle

Don't need fair going there

Cause your ferry's a smile

Got a rainbow to guide me

Got a happy refrain

Lady luck is beside me

Ridin' on the gravy train

With my baby beside me

Ridin' on the gravy train

The Happiest Christmas Tree lyrics - Nat King Cole

With a hey and a hee and a hoo hoo

With a hee and a hoo and a hah hah

With a hoo and a hah and a hee hee

Ooh ooh

I'm the happiest Christmas tree

Hoo hoo hoo, hee hee hee

Someone came and they found me

And took me home with them

Oh, I'm the happiest Christmas tree

Hoo hoo hoo, hee hee hee

Look how pretty they dressed me

Oh, lucky, lucky me

I got shiny bells that jingle

And tiny lights that tingle

Whenever anyone passes by

I blink my lights and I wink my eye

Oh, I'm the happiest Christmas tree

Christmas day, wait and see (Ah ah)

I'll be laughing happily (ah ah)

With a hoo-hoo-hoo-hee-hee (Ah ah)

With a hey and a hee and a hoo hoo

With a hee and a hoo and a hah hay

With a hoo and a hah and a hey hey

(Ooh ooh ooh)

Oh, I'm the happiest Christmas tree

Hoo hoo hoo, hee hee hee

Someone came and they found me

And took me home with them

Oh, I'm the happiest Christmas tree

Hoo hoo hoo, hee hee hee

Look how pretty they dressed me

Oh, lucky, lucky me

I got shiny bells that jingle (Oooh ooh)

And tiny lights that tingle (Oooh ooh)

Whenever anyone passes by (Oooh ooh)

I blink my lights and I wink my eye (Oooh ooh)

Oh, I'm the happiest Christmas tree

Christmas day, wait and see

I'll be laughing happily

With a hoo-hoo-hoo-hee-hee

With a hey and a hee and a hoo hoo

With a hee and a hoo and a hah hah

With a hey and a hee and a hoo hoo

With a hee and a hoo and a hah hah

The Little Christmas Tree lyrics - Nat King Cole

Little Christmas Tree

No one to buy you, give yourself to me

You're worth your weight in precious gold, you see

My little Christmas tree

Promise you will be

Nobody else's little Christmas tree

I'll make you sparkle, just you wait and see

My little Christmas tree

I'll put some tinsel in your hair

And you'll find that there's a strange new change

That you have never seen

I'll bring my boy a toy

He'll jump for joy

To see his bright new queen

With me you will go far

I'll show Saint Nick the tree you really are

And there'll be peace on Earth when Daddy lights your star

My little Christmas tree

With me you will go far

I'll show Saint Nick the tree you really are

And there'll be peace on Earth when Daddy lights your star

My little Christmas tree

You're big enough for three

My little Christmas tree

The Magic Window lyrics - Nat King Cole

Someday you'll be looking through a magic window

And you'll see yourself sail off with Captain Kidd

What adventures you'll enjoy

And you'll be the only boy

To discover where the treasure chest was hid

And if I remember that's what I once did

I remember looking through a magic window

And I saw myself teach Robin Hood to aim

Then what mischief I got in meeting HuckleberryFinn

And I saw it through that magic window frame

You can bet your bottom dream you'll do the same

With your nose against the glass and your elbows on the sill

You'll be a partner of Buffalo Bill

Or help solve a case with Sherlock Holmes

Or you'll get to go with Gullivereach time he roams

Grown-ups don't know where to find that magic window

But it's any window little boys look through

There's so much for you to see, so don't ever say to me

That you've got a lot of growing up to do

'Cause I wish that I were growing down to you

With your elbows on the sill and your nose against the pane

You'll toss the pumpkin at Ichabod Crane

You're one guy Paul Bunyan couldn't lick

You're the guy that whaled the daylights out of Moby Dick

Grown-ups don't know where to find that magic window

But it's any window little boys look through

There's so much for you to see, so don't ever say to me

That you've got a lot of growing up to do

'Cause I wish that I were growing down to you

The Sweet Bird Of Youth lyrics - Nat King Cole

The sweet bird of youth soon flies away

And nothing can make him stay

The sweet bird of youth soothes us his sound

To waste precious time is wrong

So come to my arms

We're young but we'll learn

That lips unkissed like moments missed

Can never return

How sad is the truth

Try though we may

The sweet bird of youth flies away

The sweet bird of youth flies away

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