Track Title: Mona Lisa Album Title: The Greatest Hits of Nat King Cole Prime Artist: Nat King Cole Music by: Raymond B. Evans Written by: Jay Livingston Lyrics: -Artist: Nat King Cole -peak Billboard position # 1 for 8 weeks in 1950 -Words and Music by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans -Academy Award winner from the film "Captain Carey, U.S.A" starring Alan Ladd Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, men have named you You're so like the lady with the mystic smile Is it only 'cause you're lonely they have blamed you? For that Mona Lisa strangeness in your smile? Do you smile to tempt a lover, Mona Lisa? Or is this your way to hide a broken heart? Many dreams have been brought to your doorstep They just lie there and they die there Are you warm, are you real, Mona Lisa? Or just a cold and lonely lovely work of art? {instrumental interlude} Do you smile to tempt a lover, Mona Lisa? Or is this your way to hide a broken heart? Many dreams have been brought to your doorstep They just lie there and they die there Are you warm, are you real, Mona Lisa? Or just a cold and lonely lovely work of art? Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa |