Straighten up and Fly Right

The monkey got in trouble in the South, one day

Hopped up on the buzzard for the get away

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

Don't you try to flip me down on Mississippi

Straighten up and fly right

Mississippi ain't no place to drop

The buzzard told the monkey, you are chokin' me

Release your hold and I'll get you free

The monkey looked the buzzard right dead in the eye

And said, man, don't tell that lie

Straighten up and fly right

Straighten up and stay right

Straighten up and fly right

Keep on goin' until I say stop

The buzzard begged the monkey over Tennessee

Let me rest a minute in that tree

The monkey slapped the buzzard right smack in the mouth

They said, just keep flyin', we're still down south

Don't you try to trick me, get me outta Dixie

Straighten up and fly right

Else you're gonna get another bop

Fly right, don't you blow your top