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20151001 George Benson Inspiration 2011

George Benson
Inspiration
2011






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*** Tracks: 
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01 Mona Lisa (00.57
02 Just one of those things (02.42
03 Unforgettable (05.05
04 Walkin' my baby (02.43
05 When I fall in love (04.03
06 Route 66 (03.50
07 Nature Boy (02.40
08 Ballerina (02.46
09 Smile (03.22
10 Straighten up and fly right (03.05
11 Too young (03.28
12 I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter (03.04
13 Mona Lisa (03.02

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*** Personnel: 
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George Benson: vocals, guitar, ukulele (1)
Randy Waldman: conductor The Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra
Idina Menzel: vocals (5)
Judith Hill: vocals (11)
Wynton Marsalis: trumpet (3)
Till Brönner: trumpet (9). 
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*** Letras
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01 Mona Lisa (00.57

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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02 Just one of those things (02.42
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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 a bit before 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 good-bye, dear, and amen
Here's hoping we meet now and then
It was great fun
But just one of those things
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03 Unforgettable (05.05
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Unforgettable, that's what you are 
Unforgettable though 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 

Instrumental interlude... 

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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04 Walkin' my baby (02.43
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Gee, it's great after bein' out late
Walkin' my baby back home
Arm in arm over meadow and farm
Walkin' my baby back home

We go 'long harmonizing a song
Or I'm recitin' a poem
Owls go by and they give me the eye
Walkin' my baby back home

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

After I kinda straighten my tie
She has to borrow my comb
Once kiss then I continue again
Walkin' my baby back home

She's 'fraid of the dark so I have 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 barbecue stand
Right from her doorway we roam
Eats and then it's a pleasure again
Walkin' my baby
Talkin' my baby
Lovin' my baby
I don't mean maybe
Walkin' my baby back home
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05 When I fall in love (04.03
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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 moon light 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

And the moment 
I can feel that
You feel that way too
Is when I fall in love with you
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06 Route 66 (03.50
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If you ever plan to motor west,
Travel my way, take the highway that is best.
Get your kicks on Route sixty-six.

It winds from Chicago to LA,
More than two thousand miles all the way.
Get your kicks on Route sixty-six.

Now you go through Saint Looey
Joplin, Missouri,
And Oklahoma City is mighty pretty.
You see Amarillo,
Gallup, New Mexico,
Flagstaff, Arizona.
Don't forget Winona,
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernandino.

Won't you get hip to this timely tip:
When you make that California trip
Get your kicks on Route sixty-six.

Solo

Won't you get hip to this timely tip:
When you make that California trip
Get your kicks on Route sixty-six.
Get your kicks on Route sixty-six.
Get your kicks on Route sixty-six.
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07 Nature Boy (02.40
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There was a boy
There was a boy

A very strange enchanted boy
They say he wandered very far, very far
Over land and sea
A little shy and sad of eye
But very wise was he
And then on 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
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08 Ballerina (02.46
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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 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...
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09 Smile (03.22
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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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10 Straighten up and fly right (03.05
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The buzzard took the monkey for a ride in the air
A buzzard took the 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...)
"Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top
Ain't no use in jivin'
What's the use in dabbin'

Straighten up and fly right
"Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top"

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
"You story's fetchin' but it sounds 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...

Fly right!
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11 Too young (03.28
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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 some day 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 some day they may recall
We were not too young at all
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12 I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter (03.04
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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, 
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!

Lotta kisses on the bottom,
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 that it came from you!
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13 Mona Lisa (03.02
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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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