[ti:Mr. Cole Won't Rock And Roll (2002 Digital Remaster)] [ar:Nat King Cole] [al:At The Sands (Expanded Edition / Remastered 2002)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.21]Mr. Cole Won't Rock And Roll (2002 Digital Remaster) - Nat King Cole [00:02.16]Composed by:Joe Sherman/Noel Sherman [00:02.79]Produced by:Dave Cavanaugh/Lee Gillette [00:06.86]Once upon a time a song had melody and rhyme [00:11.20]And lovely ballads used to fill the air [00:15.61]The songs were sweet and lyrical [00:18.20]And sang about the miracle [00:20.70]Of love in bloom and love beyond despair [00:24.44]But gone are the June songs [00:27.30]The how high the moon songs [00:30.06]And baritones who used to sing romantic [00:36.26]Are singing songs more frantic than romantic [00:50.02]A one a two a three o'clock [00:51.41]A four o'clock rock [00:53.10]You gotta sing rock or else you go in hock [00:56.40]Five a six a seven o'clock [00:57.96]A eight o'clock roll [00:59.54]Throw away your senses and your self control [01:02.43]But brother I've got news [01:04.37]Mr Cole won't rock and roll [01:08.78]There some simple rules [01:10.25]Some don'ts and dos [01:12.01]If you want to sell a record [01:13.72]Stick to rumpus' old shoes [01:15.68]Dungarees bubble gum peroxide side hair [01:18.50]Not a day dream girl it's a real nightmare [01:22.00]But no no no [01:23.61]Mr Cole won't rock and roll [01:30.64]Now when a guy has got an eye for some tomatah [01:37.78]He would never dare to call her lady fair [01:44.79]If he doesn't call his girl an alligator [01:51.91]He's the lowest form of human [01:54.41]He's a square [01:56.62]Now when tin pan alley serenades a beauty [02:03.11]Do they sing of Rosemarie or sweet Lorraine [02:09.86]No they dedicate a hymn to tutti frutti [02:21.44]Who's as tender as a dame from Micky Spillane [02:34.36]Ah ooh wah ooh wah ah ooh wah ooh [02:40.34]Wah ah ooh wah ooh wah [02:44.30]Why do foo ools fall in lo ove [02:47.55]Ah ooh wah ah ooh wah ah ooh wah ooh [02:53.43]Wah ah ooh wah ooh wah [02:57.86]Cookie go park the car [03:02.32]You know [03:03.41]I often wondered if Rock and Roll [03:05.00]Had been out quite a few years ago [03:07.42]Whether some of the songs that were popular then [03:10.71]Might have sounded a wee bit like this [03:14.74]Pretend your sloppy when [03:16.87]Your blue ooh ooh ooh ooh [03:20.92]Some beat up dungarees will [03:22.78]Do ooh ooh ooh ooh [03:27.58]Or perhaps [03:29.30]Answer me daddy oh [03:35.40]Does your mother come from Kokomo [03:39.22]All she ever says is go go go [03:43.65]Forget it daddy oh [03:46.72]They they [03:48.56]A they tried they tried [03:50.64]A they tried a to they tried a to [03:52.65]A they tried a to tell [03:53.79]They tried a to tell [03:54.77]A they tried a to tell us what [03:57.64]They tried to tell us we're too young [04:05.40]To go ste eh eady my lo ove [04:10.80]Eady my lo ove [04:20.44]Talk to me Mona whisper in my ear [04:25.56]I said talk to me Mona whisper in my ear [04:31.58]Mona Lisa Mona Lisa you're to wholesome [04:37.30]Won't you dig me at the coffee house tonight [04:43.50]Many cats have been ** on your doorstep [04:48.98]They just lie there and they die there [04:55.19]Let'm lie there let'm die there [05:00.48]Oh Mona don't be mean [05:02.52]Let's make the scene tonight [05:07.91]And we can't forget this [05:08.90]One by all means [05:09.95]There was a cat [05:14.62]A very strange enchanted cat [05:18.56]They say he traveled very far [05:22.31]Played guitar [05:24.48]In his hopped up car [05:27.03]He said come dwell [05:31.05]In heartbreak hotel [05:35.14]I think Elvis was his name [05:42.76]And then one day [05:46.33]The crazy day he passed my way [05:50.21]And while we spoke of many things [05:53.58]Hot rod kings [05:55.86]Daddy oh said he [05:59.97]The greatest thing [06:05.77]You'll ever learn [06:12.77]Is just to rock and be rolled in return [06:27.19]I said a one a two a three o'clock [06:29.09]A four o'clock rock [06:30.59]You gotta sing rock or [06:32.05]Else you go in hock [06:33.62]Five a six a seven o'clock [06:35.22]A eight o'clock roll [06:36.60]Throw away your senses [06:37.82]And your self control [06:39.35]But brother I've got news Sir [06:42.24]Nathaniel must refuse ya [06:45.15]Mr Cole [06:47.43]Won't rock and roll [07:10.89]What what am I doin' [07:12.08]I got carried away over there [07:13.88]I've got news Sir [07:16.34]Nathaniel must refuse ya [07:19.18]Mr Cole [07:21.37]Won't rock and roll [07:26.79]Could if I wanted though