Inspiration (A Tribute To Nat King Cole) (2013)












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Mona Lisa – Lil' Georgie Benson lyrics - George Benson

(originally by Nat King Cole)

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?
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Just One Of Those Things lyrics - George Benson

(originally by Nat King Cole)

It was just one of those things, just one of those crazy flings
One of those bells that now and then rings, just one of those things
It was just one of those nights, just one of those fabulous flights
A trip to the moon on gossamer wings, just one of those things
If we'd thought of it, 'bout the end of it, when we started painting the town
We'd have been aware that our love affair was too hot not to cool down
So goodbye, dear, and Amen, here's hoping we'll meet now and then
It was great fun but it was just one of those things

Just one of those bells that now and then rings, just one of those things
A trip to the moon on gossamer wings, just one of those things
If we'd thought of it 'bout the end of it, when we started painting that town
We'd have been aware that our love affair was too hot not to cool down
So goodbye, dear, and Amen, here's hoping we'll meet now and then
It was great fun but it was just tone of those things

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Unforgettable lyrics - George Benson (feat. Wynton Marsalis)

(originally by Nat King Cole)

Unforgettable
That's what you are
Unforgettable
Tho' near or far
Like a song of love that clings to me
How the thought of you does things to me
Never before
Has someone been more...
Unforgettable
In every way
And forever more
That's how you'll stay
That's why, darling, it's incredible
That someone so unforgettable
Thinks that I am
Unforgettable, too

Unforgettable
In every way
And forever more
That's how you'll stay
That's why, darling, it's incredible
That someone so unforgettable
Thinks that I am
Unforgettable, too

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Walkin' My Baby Back Home lyrics - George Benson

(originally by Nat King Cole)

Gee it's great after being out late
Walking my baby back home
Arm in arm over meadow and farm
Walking my baby back home

We go along harmonizing a song
Or I'm reciting a poem
Owls go by and they give me the eye
Walking my baby back home

We stop for a while, she gives me a smile
And snuggles her head to my chest
We start in to pet, and that's when I get
Her powder all over my vest

After I kind of straighten my tie
She has to borrow my comb
One kiss then we continue again
Walking my baby back home

She's afraid of the dark
So I had to park outside of her door till it's light
She says if I try to kiss her she'll cry
I dry her tears all through the night

Hand in hand to a barbeque stand
Right from her doorway we roam
Eat and then it's a pleasure again
Walking my baby, talking my baby
Loving my baby, I don't mean maybe
Walking my baby back home
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When I Fall In Love lyrics - George Benson & Idina Menzel

(originally by Nat King Cole)

And the moment I can feel that you feel that way too
Is when I'll fall in love with you

When I fall in love it will be forever
Or I'll never fall in love

In a restless world like this is
Love is ended before it's begun
And too many moonlight kisses
Seem to cool in the warmth of the sun

When I give my heart it will be completely
Or I'll never give my heart
And the moment I can feel that you feel that way too
Is when I fall in love with you

When I give my heart it will be completely
Or I'll never give my heart
And the moment I can feel that you feel that way too
Is when I fall in love
Oh, when I fall in love
When I fall in love with you
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Route 66 lyrics - George Benson

(originally by 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 L.A
More than 2000 miles all the way
Get your kicks on Route 66

Now you go through Saint Louie
And Joplin, Missouri
And Oklahoma City looks mighty pretty, you'll see...
Amarillo...
Gallup, New Mexico
Flagstaff, Arizona
Don't forget Winona
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernadino

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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Nature Boy lyrics - George Benson

(originally by Nat King Cole)

There was a boy

Very strange
Enchanted boy;
They say be wander'd very far

Very far over land and sea.
A little shy and sad of eye
But very wise
Very wise was be.

And then one day

A magic day he passed my way

And while we spoke of many things

Fools and kings
This he said to me:
The greatest thing you'll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return
To be loved in return.

And then one day...
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Ballerina lyrics - George Benson

(originally by Nat King Cole)

Dance, ballerina, dance
And do your pirouette in rhythm with your achin' heart
Dance, ballerina, dance
You mustn't once forget a dancer has to dance the part

Whirl, ballerina, whirl
And just ignore the chair that's empty in the second row
This is your moment, girl
Although he's not out there applauding
As you steal the show

Once you said his love must wait its turn
You wanted fame instead
I guess that's your concern
We live and learn

And love is gone, ballerina, gone
So on with your career
You can't afford a backward glance
Dance on and on and on
A thousand people here have come to see the show
As round and round you go
So, ballerina, dance
Dance, dance

Whirl ballerina

Once you said his love must wait its turn
You wanted fame instead
I guess that's your concern
We live and learn

And love is gone, ballerina, gone
So on with your career
You can't afford a backward glance
Dance on and on and on
A thousand people here have come to see the show
As round and round you go
So ballerina, dance

Dance, dance
Ballerina, dance
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Smile lyrics - George Benson (feat. Till Brönner)

(originally by Nat King Cole)

Smile, though your heart is aching
Smile, even though it's breaking
When there are clouds in the sky
You'll get by...

If you smile
Through your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll see the sun come shining through for you

Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear may be ever so near

That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile

That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile
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Straighten Up And Fly Right lyrics - George Benson

(originally by 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!
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Too Young lyrics - George Benson (feat. Judith Hill)

(originally by Nat King Cole)

They try to tell us we're too young
Too young to really be in love
They say that love's a word
A word we've only heard
But can't begin to know the meaning of

And yet we're not too young to know
This love will last though years may go
And then someday they may recall
We were not too young at all

And yet we're not too young to know
This love will last though years may go
And then someday they may recall
We were not too young at all

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I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter lyrics - George Benson

(originally by Nat King Cole)

I'm gonna sit right down
And write myself a letter
And make believe it came from you
I'm gonna write words oh, so sweet
They're gonna knock me off of my feet
A lot of kisses on the bottom
And I'll be glad I got 'em

I'm gonna smile and say
"I hope you're feeling better"
And close with love, the way that you do
I'm gonna sit right down
And write myself a letter
And make believe it came from you

I'm gonna sit right down
And write myself a letter
And make believe that it came from you
I'm gonna write words oh, so sweet, yeah!

Lots of kisses on the bottom
And I'll be glad I got 'em
I'm gonna smile and say
"I hope you're feeling better"
And close with love, the way that you do

I'm gonna sit right down
And write myself a letter
And make believe it came from you

I'm gonna sit right down
And write myself a letter
And make believe it came
Make believe it came from you!
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Mona Lisa lyrics - George Benson

(originally by Nat King Cole)

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?

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

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That Sunday, That Summer lyrics - George Benson

(originally by Nat King Cole)

(If I had to choose just one day)

If I had to choose just one day
To last my whole life through
It would surely be that Sunday
The day that I met you

Newborn whippoorwills were calling from the hills
Summer was a-coming in but fast
Lots of daffodils were showing off their skills
Nodding all together, I could almost hear them whisper
"Go on, kiss her, go on and kiss her"

If I had to choose one moment
To live within my heart
It would be that tender moment
Recalling how we started
Darling, it would be when you smiled at me
That way, that Sunday, that summer

(Newborn whippoorwills were calling from the hills)
(Summer was a-comin' in but fast)
(Lots of daffodils were showin' off their skills)
(Nodding all together, I could almost hear them whisper)
("Go on, kiss her, go on and kiss her")

If I had to choose one moment
To live within my heart
It would be that tender moment
Recalling how we started
Darling, it would be when you smiled at me
That way, that Sunday, that summer

(If I had to choose just one day)

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