Mona Lisa

• First recorded by Nat King Cole in 1950
• Later recorded by Natalie Cole in the 1991 album,
  Unforgettable With Love
• Won an Oscar for "Best Song of the Year" in the Alan Ladd film, Captain Carey U.S.A
• #1 US hit in June 1950
• Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Music by Ray Evans
• Copyright 1949 by Famous Music Corp.
  

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...