Nat King Cole
"Straighten Up And Fly Right"

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!