Lyle Lovett - Straighten Up And Fly Right Lyrics
(Nat King Cole and Irving Mills)[From "Dear God"]A buzzard took the monkey for a ride in the airThe monkey thought that everything was on the squareThe buzzard tried to throw the monkey off his backBut the monkey grabbed his neck and said-- Now listen, JackStraighten up and fly rightStraighten up and fly rightStraighten up and fly rightCool down, papa, don't you blow your top.Ain't no use in divin'What's the use in jivin'Straighten up and fly rightCool down, papa, don't you blow your top.The buzzard told the monkey "You're chokin' meRelease your hold and I'll set you freeThe monkey looked the buzzard right dead in the eye and saidYour story's touching but it sounds like a lieStraighten up and fly rightStraighten up and do rightStraighten up and fly rightCool down, papa, don't you blow your top.[Instrumental interlude]Straighten up and fly rightStraighten up and do rightStraighten up and fly rightCool down, papa, don't you blow your top.