Straighten Up And Fly Right

<br>(Words and Music by Nat King Cole and Irving Mills)<br><br>A buzzard took the monkey for a ride in the air<br>The monkey thought that everything was on the square<br>The buzzard tried to throw the monkey off his back<br>But the monkey grabbed his neck and said-- Now listen, Jack<br><br>Straighten up and fly right<br>Straighten up and fly right<br>Straighten up and fly right<br>Cool down, papa, don`t you blow your top.<br>Ain`t no use in divin` <br>What`s the use in jivin`<br>Straighten up and fly right<br>Cool down, papa, don`t you blow your top.<br><br>The buzzard told the monkey &quot;You`re chokin` me<br>Release your hold and I`ll set you free<br>The monkey looked the buzzard right dead in the eye and said<br>Your story`s touching but it sounds like a lie<br><br>Straighten up and fly right<br>Straighten up and do right<br>Straighten up and fly right<br>Cool down, papa, don`t you blow your top.<br><br>(instrumental interlude)<br><br>Straighten up and fly right<br>Straighten up and do right<br>Straighten up and fly right<br>Cool down, papa, don`t you blow your top.