Straighten Up And Fly Right

Marvin Gaye

Originally recorded by
Nat King Cole

Album Information
Album Name (Year): The Marvin Gaye Collection (Box Set)(1990)
Record Label: Motown Records
Billboard Chart: Album did not chart
Entry Week (Position): - -
Peak Position: - -	Weeks On Chart: - -
Songs On This Album: (Click For Lyrics) Disc 1 - 20 Top 20s: 1. Stubborn Kind Of Fellow 2. Hitch Hike 3. Pride And Joy 4. Can I Get A Witness 5. You're A Wonderful One 6. Try It Baby 7. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) 8. I'll Be Doggone 9. Ain't That Peculiar 10. I Heard It Through The Grapevine 11. Too Busy Thinking About My Baby 12. That's The Way Love Is 13. What's Going On 14. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) 15. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) 16. Trouble Man 17. Let's Get It On 18. I Want You 19. Got To Give It Up 20. Sexual Healing Disc 2 - The Duets: With Mary Wells 1. Once Upon A Time 2. What's The Matter With You Baby 3. I'm Yours, You're Mine 4. All I Got 5. You Can Dance With Oma Page 6. Rilleh! 7. So Good To Be Loved By You 8. Was It A Dream? 9. Steadies With Kim Weston 10. It Takes Two 11. Exactly Like You 12. Teach Me Tonight 13. Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) 14. It's Me With Tammi Terrell 15. Ain't No Mountain High Enough 16. Your Precious Love 17. If I Could Build My Whole World Around You 18. If This World Were Mine 10. Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing 20. You're All I Need To Get By With Diana Ross 21. You Are Everything 22. You're A Special Part Of Me 23. My Mistake (Was To Love You) 24. Don't Knock My Love 25. Pops, We Love You Disc 3 - Rare, Live And Unreleased: 1. Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide 2. Never Let You Go (Sha-Lu-Bop) 3. It's Party Time 4. The Christmas Song (Live) 5. Down And Under When You Limbo 6. My Girl 7. It's Not Unusual 8. Sunny 9. Sweeter As The Days Go By 10. Sweet Thing 11. I Love You Secretly 12. I Want To Come Home For Christmas 13. 5, 10, 15, 20 Years Of Love 14. You're My Everything (I'd Give My Life For You) 15. Come Get To This (Live) 16. Distant Lover (Live) 17. Jan (Live) 18. '60s Hits Medley (Live) 19. The Star Spangled Banner Disc 4 - The Balladeer: 1. I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face 2. Straighten Up And Fly Right 3. Too Young 4. Mona Lisa 5. It's Only A Paper Moon 6. What Kind Of Fool Am I? 7. Days Of Wine And Roses 8. Mack The Knife 9. Hello, Young Lovers 10. Happy Days Are Here Again 11. Why Did I Choose You? 12. She Needs Me 13. Funny (Not Much) 14. This Will Make You Laugh 15. The Shadow Of Your Smile 16. I Wish I Didn't Love You So 17. I Won't Cry Anymore

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Ah, the buzzard took 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
But the monkey grabbed his neck and said "Now listen, Jack"

Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and fly 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
Yeah, cool down, papa, don't you blow your top

Well, the buzzard told the monkey, "You're 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 like a lie"

Ooh, straighten up and fly right
Straighten up, straighten up, straighten up
Straighten up, fly right
Papa, cool down, papa, cool down

Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and fly right
Oh, cool down papa, don't you blow your top
And fly right

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Song Information
Song Written By: Nat King Cole, Irving Mills
Track Number: Disc 4 - 02	Track Length: 2:22
Billboard Chart: Song did not chart
Entry Week (Position): - -
Peak Position: - -	Weeks On Chart: - -

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Marvin Gaye

Originally recorded byNat King Cole

Originally recorded by
Nat King Cole