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Mona Lisa

Words & Music by Jay Livingston, Ray Evans

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Mona Lisa

Words & Music by Jay Livingston, Ray Evans

Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, man have named you
You're so like the lady with the mystic smile
Is it only 'cause you're lonely man have blamed you
For that Mona Lisa strangeness in your smile
Do you smile to tempt a lover Mona Lisa
Or is it 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

La la la la......

For that Mona Lisa strangeness in your smile
Do you smile to tempt a lover Mona Lisa
Or is it 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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Mona Lisa was written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans for the 1950 movie, Captain Carey, U.S.A., in which was heard in fragments and only in Italian. It won the Oscar for Best Song. Nat King Cole had a number one hit and million-seller with his 1950 recording of Mona Lisa (Capitol 1010). Other hits over the years include those by Dennis Day (RCA 20-3753), Art Lund (MGM 10689), Victor Young (Decca 27048), and Moon Mullican (King 886), all in 1950, and Conway Twitty (MGM 12804) and Carl Mann (Phillips 3539) in 1959.

A 1960s recording of Elvis singing Mona Lisa on a home tape recorder was found at Graceland and issued by RCA in 1983.

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Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, man have named you
You're so like the lady with the mystic smile
Is it only 'cause you're lonely man have blamed you
For that Mona Lisa strangeness in your smile
Do you smile to tempt a lover Mona Lisa
Or is it 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

La la la la......

For that Mona Lisa strangeness in your smile
Do you smile to tempt a lover Mona Lisa
Or is it 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 was written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans for the 1950 movie, Captain Carey, U.S.A., in which was heard in fragments and only in Italian. It won the Oscar for Best Song. Nat King Cole had a number one hit and million-seller with his 1950 recording of Mona Lisa (Capitol 1010). Other hits over the years include those by Dennis Day (RCA 20-3753), Art Lund (MGM 10689), Victor Young (Decca 27048), and Moon Mullican (King 886), all in 1950, and Conway Twitty (MGM 12804) and Carl Mann (Phillips 3539) in 1959.

A 1960s recording of Elvis singing Mona Lisa on a home tape recorder was found at Graceland and issued by RCA in 1983.