Nat King Cole Lyrics: October 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

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