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Marvin Gaye – Mona Lisa (1965) | Track profile | Dork

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Marvin Gaye
A Tribute to the Great Nat “King” Cole
Mona Lisa

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Mona Lisa

Release date: 1st November 1965

From A Tribute to the Great Nat “King” Cole

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About This Track

"Mona Lisa" is a track by Marvin Gaye, from the album A Tribute to the Great Nat “King” Cole, released 1st November 1965. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye

Lyrics

Mona Lisa

[Verse 1]

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?

[Pre-Chorus]

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

[Chorus]

Are you warm, are you real, Mona Lisa?

Or just a cold and lonely lovely work of art?

[Pre-Chorus]

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

[Chorus]

Are you warm, are you real, Mona Lisa?

Or just a cold and lonely lovely work of art?

[Outro]

Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa

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From A Tribute to the Great Nat “King” Cole

1965

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Album

A Tribute to the Great Nat “King” Cole

Release year

1965

—Straighten Up and Fly Right
—Calypso Blues
—It's Only a Paper Moon
—Mona Lisa
—Unforgettable
—Too Young
—Send for Me
—To the Ends of the Earth
—Nature Boy
—Pretend
—Sweet Lorraine
—Ramblin' Rose

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