Mona Lisa is a 1986 British film about a petty criminal who becomes entangled in the dangerous life of a high-class call girl. The movie was written by Neil Jordan and David Leland, and directed by Jordan. It was produced by George Harrison's HandMade Films. It stars Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson and Michael Caine.
George (Hoskins), recently released from prison, is given a cushy job as the driver for a high-class prostitute named Simone (Tyson) by his former boss, Denny Mortwell (Caine). As George and Simone find out more about each other, they form a friendship despite possibly conflicting incentives. Central to this theme is Mortwell's wish for George to find out as much as he can about one of Simone's 'regulars', a wealthy businessman seen with Mortwell on one occasion. George then helps Simone in her quest to find an abused friend from her murky past, and this leads to a violent resolution in the seedy underworld.
The film received positive critical reaction when released in 1986. Film critic Roger Ebert wrote of the two main characters "The relationship of their characters in the film is interesting, because both people, for personal reasons, have developed a style that doesn't reveal very much." However, Vincent Canby, writing for the New York Times, dismissed the film as "classy kitsch."
Well 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 named you
For that Mona Lisa strangeness in your smile
Well, it your 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?
Well in a Villa in a little old Italian town
Lives a girl whose beauty shames the rose
Many yearn to love her but their hopes all tumble down
What does she want I guess nobody knows
Is your smile to tempt a lover Mona Lisa
Or is this your way to hide a broken heart
Are you warm, are you real Mona Lisa
Or just a cold and lonely, lovely work of art
Or just a cold and lonely, lovely work of art
Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, men have named you
You're so like that 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 the 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 the 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?
Oh! 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 that they've named you
For that Mona Lisa strangeness in your smile
Do you smile to tempt a lover, Mona Lisa
Or is this just your way to hide a broken heart
Many dreams have been brought to your doorstep
Oh, they just lie there, sometimes they die there
Are you warm, are you real Mona Lisa
Or just a cold and lonely lovely work of art
Hey, Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa they have named you
You're so like the lady with the mystic smile
Do you smile to tempt a lover, Mona Lisa
With that Mona Lisa strangeness in your smile
Oh, come on back to Jerry Lee, Mona Lisa
You know you turn me up each time you shake with me
Hey, many dreams have been brought by me, girl
Hey, do they die there, my God, they die there
Are you warm, really real Mona Lisa
Mona lisa, mona lisa, men have named you
Youre so like the lady with the mystic smile
Is it only cause youre 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?
Are you warm, are you real, mona lisa?
This is the story about Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa
Ladies and gentlemen, I've got a little story to tell
About Mona Lisa and how she suddenly fell
See everyone knew her, they knew her oh so well
Now I am taking over to release her from her spell
She's the original
She's unforgettable
She wants you to know
She's been gone
It's kind of incredible
She's so unpredictable
She wants you to know
She's been gone, she's been gone, she's been gone
She was taken under drowning in her sea
Running like an angel, she was crying and could not see, oh no
Now see everyone's watching as she starts to fall
They want her to breakdown be a legend of her fall
She's the original
She's unforgettable
She wants you to know
She's been gone
It's kind of incredible
She's so unpredictable
She wants you to know
She's been gone, she's been gone, she's been gone
Ladies does that make you cry?
Mona Lisa's got to fly, nobody really dies
Everyone, may we have a moment of silence right here
She's the original
She's unforgettable
She wants you to know
She's been gone
It's kind of incredible
She's so unpredictable
She wants you to know
That she's home, that she's home
She's the original
She's unforgettable
She wants you to know
She's been gone
It's kind of incredible
She's so unpredictable
She wants you to know
That she's home, that she's home, that she's home
[Chris Brown]
Girl you wanna play with me baby
Money ain’t a thing cause I got paper
I’m lookin' at your body
You about to get exactly what you came for
Now I can throw it up throw it up
Break it down down down
Even if it ain’t loud she gets me aroused
Slow it up slow it up slow it down
You the sh-t you the sh-t
Go ahead play with it baby
Cause I’mma keep my hands to myself
And my back on the wall
Now I’m playing with it baby
I know you don’t give a f-ck
Cause you gon’ get your money up
I, I, I
Get your ass up on that pole
Get this money in my hand
I, I, I
All this money dripping on you
Like paint from a Mona Lisa
Drop it to the flo’ b-tch
All this money dripping on you
Like paint from a Mona Lisa
[Kevin McCall]
I f-cked with my first b-tch
I upgrade my second broad
Corporate my credit card
Vintaged out my f-ck-ng watch
Vintaged out my f-ck-ng cars
No... just f-ck-ng yacht
Your new b-tch, my old b-tch
You can have the hoe cause she talk a lot
Now get your ass up on this pole, you can get this money
Now I got them carats, I got all them playboy bunnies
I’m throwing them honies
Racks on top of racks and they backs look like…
[Chris Brown]
And they ass big as some mountain
Put my drink on it, she cold
My zipper down but my money up
Better get your ass up on that pole
Two mo’ shots then I’m out, black, black then I reload
... might earn 20 more, get yo ass up on that pole
Damn look at Lakeisha getting that money just like a zesta
All of these bunnies hopping and popping
You fighting to get up in my 2 seater
My chain, 6 rings
I, I, I
Get your ass up on that pole
Get this money in my hand
I, I, I
All this money dripping on you
Like paint from a Mona Lisa
Drop it to the flo’ b-tch
All this money dripping on you
Like paint from a Mona Lisa
I don’t make it rain
Nigga I make a monsoon like a tidal wave
Me taking 23 shots, that’s a MJ
I mean a fadeaway, we ’bout to fadeaway
She said she like my pants
I think she like my pockets
B-tch I’m in the building counting millions
You should try it
Yeah what d’you mean
She tried to kiss me, I said stop it
Put that money in the face then she get that pussy popping
I, I, I
Get your ass up on that pole
Get this money in my hand
I, I, I
All this money dripping on you
Like paint from a Mona Lisa
Drop it to the flo' b-tch
All this money dripping on you
Mona lisa, mona lisa, men have named you
Youre so like the lady with the mystic smile
Is it only cause youre 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?
Mona lisa, mona lisa, men have named you
Youre so like the lady with the mystic smile
Is it only cause youre 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, men have named you
You’re 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 an lonely lovely work of art
(Instrumental verse)
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 an lonely lovely work of art
Yo Mona Lisa, could I get a date on Friday and if your busy, I
wouldn't mind taking Saturday.
Right about now, if you are in your jeep. Please turn up your radio.
If you don't have a Jeep, and you have a little hooptie I still want
you to crank up your volume.
We want all the ladies to sit back, relax, let your hair out.
Wyclef presents the Neville Brothers in the house tonight.
I know a girl, she ruled my world.
Whatever I need, she supplied.
Living in paradise.
She ruled my heart, till death do we part.
(Her love was like esctasy)
Atleast thats how I thought it would be.
(So Neville brothers what you telling me)
Atleast that how I thought it would be
(One question, what was her name)
Mona Lisa, you called my name.
Laid it apart but I did not respond
And you ask me what I am thinking of
In the morning I'll be gone, no more loving after dawn.
No longer we can share the love that was never there.
When the moon has lost its light.
And the stars no longer bright
And no longer can we share, the love that was never there.
(Ain't no need to cry girl. Its gonna be alright)
Girl don't you cry.
(Girl don't you cry)
Please dry your eyes
All you ever been was faithful in my life.
So I apologize
I hope the future brings us back together.
Atleast that's how I thought it would be.
Atleast that's how I thought it would be.
(Yo, neville brothers. What was her name)
Right about now if you are in dance, I want you to hold your girl
real tight. We got the neville brothers in the house tonight. Along
side Wyclef, you know how we do it. I want to apologize to you. I
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 style
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, 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?
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?
Last night I saw you standing in the rain
So tired, I must have been dreaming again
It ain't easy, easy, when you're on your own
It ain't easy, easy, when you're all alone
I'll revenge you
I'll revenge you
I'll find you
Nobody sees your pain
Just make sure you don't sell your soul
Just make sure you don't sell your soul
Last night I saw you backing up all afraid
So tired, I must have been dreaming again
It ain't easy, easy, 2nd Avenue
It ain't easy, easy, those things you put me through
I'll revenge you
I'll revenge you
Revenge you
I found you
Nobody sees your pain
Just make sure you don't sell your soul
Just make sure you don't sell your soul
Just make sure you don't sell your soul
How long now, baby?
It's like I'm dressed up in my mother's clothing
It's like I'm talking to a voice that doesn't exist
It's like I got a wire crossed upstairs
But all I want is just a little truth and that's it
They say I'm mental but I'm just confused
They say I'm mental but I've been abused
They say I'm mental cause I'm not amused by it all
Another anchor man was on the TV
He's got that far away vacant look in his eyes
I turn the channel but nothing is changing
The only truth is that everything is a lie
They say I'm mental but I'm just confused
They say I'm mental but I've been abused
They say I'm mental cause I'm not amused by it all
There's truth in everthing, there's truth in lies
All this knowledge but I think I'm gonna be wise
They say I'm mental but I'm just confused
They say I'm mental but I've been abused
They say I'm mental cause I'm not amused by it all
Not at all
Not at all
Not at all
Not at all
Not at all
Not at all
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 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 laid at 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, man 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 laid at 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
Many dreams have been laid at your doorstep
They just lie there and they die there
Are you warm, are you real Mona Lisa
I thought maybe we'd made a pact, but you gave into foul temptations making all the wrong moves and the wrong decisions making lies up for all the right questions maybe I was just asking too much. I don't think it's likely your just made from all the wrong stuff your beds been made. Mona lisa you've really done something. Done a number on all of my organs. Mona lisa you've really done something. Done a number on all of my Organs (Na Na Na) I must say I commend you on all of your fire, Soaring highs and drowning lows, Full speed ahead you go with all of your heart ache it's all greater 10 minutes till doomsday. aLl the while just showing your teeth, smiling your teeth, never sure I just wait and see. Your beds been made, now go die in it. Mona lisa you've really done something, done an number on all of my organs (2x) (Na Na Na) and I've been racking my brain figuring out what to say, but it may be safe to bet, the day might come where I forgive what you've done but it still hasn't happened yet
If in the morning you look up
Fake a smile and you sigh
Don’t fear the future
In the years to come you’ll learn
I used to sit and watch the pouring rain
I used to wish to be back home again
I hadn’t the strength then
I hadn’t the chance to reveal it
But it’s all in your hands
When do we begin?
Although you’re so sad
Discover things never had
It makes you wonder
A life alone you’ll learn
You’ll learn
Mona lisa, mona lisa, men have named you
Youre so like the lady with the mystic smile
Is it only cause youre 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?
I'm 'A drive you crazy
Till you be my baby
'Cause your giving me the signs.
Its just a matter of time, till your mine.
So you stay on my mind,
24/7 on my mind.
And I keep reading into every one of your moves,
Every little thing you do,
Thinking, should i pursue you?
Should i pursue you?
So i start making plans.
Take you out to slow dance.
Light up a romance.
Wrap your hands in my hands.
Then I hold you.
We get closer.
And I want you.
And I want to drive you crazy, love.
How can I just let go,
If your eyes say yes, but you won't fall in love?
If I were a painter, you'd be my mona lisa.
If I were a scientist baby, Id find the right chemistry.
So you say yes to me, and I keep hanging on, hanging on.
Till you say yes to me, say yes to me, say yes.
I'm 'A drive you crazy
Till you be my baby
I will drive you crazy
Till you be my baby
So I'm back in my room.
Yesterday's ended too soon, way too soon.
Staring at the canvas, watching the time pass by.
I got all the wrong colors spread out around me.
My glass of champagne is almost empty.
Every stroke I make is a stroke on your body.
Run my mind through your hair, its only you I see.
So i start making plans.
Take you out to slow dance.
Light up a romance.
Wrap your hands in my hands.
Then I hold you.
We get closer.
And I want you.
And I'm gonna drive you crazy love.
How can I just let go,
If your eyes say yes, but you won't fall in love?
If I were a painter, you'd be my mona lisa.
If I were a scientist baby, Id find the right chemistry.
So you say yes to me, and I keep hanging on, hanging on.
Till you say yes to me, say yes to me, say yes.
I'm 'A drive you crazy
Till you be my baby
I will drive you crazy
Till you be my baby
I'm 'A drive you crazy
Till you be my baby
I will drive you crazy
Whoa
Oh God
How I look, Tell me how I look
Exactly
Mona Lisa, Lisa Moanin'
Got some drinks and some motherfucking reefer blowing
I tell her fuck with me and you could be something
Yo girl so bad I want the threesome
Threesome trying to have a threesome
Look at my watch 'bout three somethin'
Threesome trying to have a threesome
Fuck with me and you could be something
I believe in God and rubbers
Even if we sex you are not my lover
Hit you on the couch and not the covers
And if you bring you friend then we got to fuck her
That's what I'm down for no convo, my condo
And if I answer this phone call don't make a sound ho
My life is my odyssey my dogs to the right of me
I got the girl you can't lay a finger on right here massaging me
Like yeah... I'm the nigga I know it, I'm the nigga I know it
My Momma say I'm a poet, you hating praying I blow it
But this the life I made though
I show a bad bitch what she made for
(Bad Bitches x4)
I'm eating lobster with my shrimp hand
Feeling on her with my pimp hand
I'm talking to her like her Daddy do
And bet she give me everything but attitude
Mathematical, radical
Twist my fingers up and rep my avenue
Penthouse altitude, being broke is not compatible
Get a fine girl, Patron that
Get a finer one, and then clone that
You cuff your wife like I want that
When I got freaky women tongue kissing
Marijuana lung lifting
Give long dick then I'm long distance
You in the club bromancing
I got her homancing
Face in my lap nose dancing
No pants screaming
I believe in God and rubbers
Even if we sex you are not my lover
Hit you on the couch and not the covers
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 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 laid at 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, man 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 laid at 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
Many dreams have been laid at 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
Here's another pity there's another chance
Try to learn a lesson but you can't.
If we can burn a city in futures and in past,
without a change our lives will never last.
Cause' we're going fast.
You can sit beside me when the world comes down, if it doesn't matter
then just turn around.
We don't need our bags and we can just leave town.
You can sit beside me when the world comes down.
What can we do better, when will we know how? A man says from a
sidewalk to a crowd.
If we can change the weather, if you want it to yourself.
If you cannot guess we all need help, yeah, I need help.
(repeat chorus)
We say
We do
The lies
The truth
All I need is next to me.
Mmmmmmmmm yeahhhhh we're going fast.
You can sit beside me when the world comes down, if it doesn't matter
then just turn around.
You be the queen and i'll be your clown,
Another lonely day I'm looking at your picture.
I love the way that you compare.
And even though that you're not much for conversation
I can't help but wanna stare.
My Mona Lisa.
Another piece of coal I'll scratch you on the surface.
I feel my heart begin to care.
And even though your mom-n-dad don't really think so
You'd look good with purple hair.
My Mona Lisa.
I'm turning on the brights of my imagination.
My masterpiece tonight.
My Mona Lisa.
Another painful day I struggle with proportion.
I'll work until I get it right.
I'll change your face and I might even change your outlook.
I'll make you wanna be alive.
I know your momma's sad,
I know your daddy's sad,
The world don't look that way
And I'll show you.
I'm gonna make ya smile
I'm gonna make ya blue
I'm gonna make ya fly
And I'll change you, I'm gonna change you.
I'll turn it all to white- a simple alteration.
I'll stop your wandering eyes
She paints her fingers with a close precision
He starts to notice empty bottles of gin
And takes a moment to assess the sins she's paid for
A lone speaker in a conversation
Her words are swimming through his ears again
There's nothing wrong with just a taste of what you've paid for
Say what you mean, tell me I'm right
And let the sun rain down on me
Give me a sign, I wanna believe
Whoa, Mona Lisa
You're guaranteed to run this town
Whoa, Mona Lisa
I'd pay to see you frown
He senses something
Call it desperation
Another dollar, another day
And if she had the proper words to say
She would tell him
But she'd have nothing left to sell him
Say what you mean, tell me I'm right
And let the sun rain down on me
Give me a sign, I wanna believe
Whoa, Mona Lisa
You're guaranteed to run this town
Whoa, Mona Lisa
I'd pay to see you frown
Mona Lisa
Say what you mean, tell me I'm right
And let the sun rain down on me
Give me a sign, I wanna believe
Whoa, Mona Lisa
You're guaranteed to run this town
Whoa, Mona Lisa
I'd pay to see you frown
Say what you mean, tell me I'm right
And let the sun rain down on me
Give me a sign, I wanna believe
Ladies, and gentlemen and lowlifes
It is with outstanding pleasure
That we are here to present tonight
Slick Rick, the Ruler! And MC Ricky D
Doing their smash hit, 'Mona Lisa,'
You know, like the picture?
Anyway, I'd like to take this time out
To bow before his divine majesty
RickyOh your majesty
SlickHmm?
RickyCan I kiss your hand?
SlickMm-hmm
Ricky(kisses his hand loudly)
SlickEnough
RickyCome your highness they await you
Well, it was one of those days -- not much to do
I was chillin downtown, with my old school crew
I went into a store -- to buy a slice of pizza
And bumped into a girl, her name was Mona -- what?
Mona Lisa (what?) *singing* Mona Lisa, so men made you
YouknowhatI'msayin? So I said, 'Excuse me, dear
My gosh, you look nice
Put away your money
I'll buy that slice!'
She said, 'Thanks - I'd rather a slice of you
I'm just kidding, but that's awfully nice of you'
The compliment showed she had a mind in her
And when I smiled (PING!) I almost blinded her
She said, 'Great Scott! Are you a thief?
Seems like you have a mouth full of gold teeth'
Ha-ha, hah! Had to find that funny
So I said, 'No child, I work hard for the money
And calling me a thief? Please! Don't even try it (Right!)
Sit down eat your slice of pizza, and be quiet'
She almost got cut short -- you know, scissors
She tried to disrespect WHO?! The Grand Wizard
Me! 'Well what's your name, son?'
'MC Ricky D,' but not to be so harsh I said to Mona Li-hee
'I'm sorry and I know that's low class (uhh, yeah)
Please sit, and tell me a little about your past'
She said, 'Well I got courage, and I don't like porridge (uh-huh)
I've never been to college, but I've got crazy knowledge (uh-huh)
Over eighteen and my eyes are green (uh-huh)
I wear more gold than that man on A-Team (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Trim, slim, (yeah) and I'm also light skinned
Best believe Mona's a virgin'
A virgin?! Honey needed a slap
She tried to tell me she's a virgin -- with her yea wide gap
I said, 'It don't matter, see, I'm not picky (word)
Let me spell my name out for you, it's Ricky
R -- Ravishing
I -- Impress
C -- Courageousso careless
K -- for the Kangols which I've got
That I wear everyday and
Y -- why not?
To fight's not right that I recite and I'm
Quite polite like Walter Cronkite'
Well, just about then, Trevor my friend came in
He said, 'Hey Rick, don't you know playin with these snakes is a sin?!?'
He grabbed me by my shirt and pulled me right out the store
He said, 'I don't want to see you playin with these lowlifes no more
Now come along, we have a party to attend
With some real mature women and some more of her friends'
He hailed down a cab and he waited for a minute
And as the cab came, he thrusted me in it
And as we were leavin and drivin along
I could hear a melody as Mona sang a song
'If you see me walking down the street
And I start to cry each time we meet
Walk on by walk on by
Foolish pride
That's all that I have left, so, let me hide
The pain and the hurt that you gave me
When you said goodbye
Well, 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?
Well, is your 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?
In a villa, in a little old Italian town
Lives a girl whose beauty shames the rose
Many yearn to love her but their hopes are tumble down
What does she want I guess nobody knows
Is your smile to tempt a lover, Mona Lisa?
Or is this your way to hide a broken heart?
Are you warm, are you real Mona Lisa?
Or just a cold and lonely, lovely work of art?
Or just a cold and lonely, lovely work of art?
Or just a cold and lonely, lovely work of art?
Mona, you have done it now, you've gone and shown exactly how
You never knew the process just to keep your brainwaves straight
Our life was not extravagant, but hey we always paid the rent
And went to church on Sunday when we didn't sleep to late
But now you need a little color and your paint is fading under
All the lights that shine around you every day
Put your pennies in a tray Save them for a rainy day And it's off you go and on your way Goodbye to Mona Lisa
Every time I try to speak, your face grows tired your hands get weak
And then you look at me like I'm a thousand miles away
Your eyes are always fixed on me, but somehow you just never see
The man I'm trying hard to be, the freak that I portray
But now you've got four walls surrounding and the frame is really sounding
Like a prison where the guards have gone astray
Chorus
Though I try to disavow, if DaVinici could just see you now
He wouldn't know the woman who is standing by my door
Take your pennies from the tray cuz here it is, your rainy day
And now it's just this painting who is staring back at me
And it's not as if you've asked it, but I've finally unmasked it
And there's nothing underneath your surface but an empty canvas
Steven?s selling Marijuana
Uptown to the primadonnas
Medicate the counterculture
9/11 baby boom
Paulie?s waiting to retire
Smoking like a forest fire
Putting on the panties and the lipstick
In his mother?s room
Nothing to do, nothing to lose
And if you work your life away
We?ll send you flowers every day
And you make your departure baby
And get high, high
Hanging with the local talent
Drinking like you?re Shane McGowan
Going through your garbage
Try to turn into gold
Down on the dole, selling your soul
And if you work your life away
They?ll keep your picture in a frame
And you make your departure baby
When you die, high
Bobbie joined the military
Jenny went and lost her cherry
Hanging at the commissary
Wants to see the Mona Lisa
If they ever do release her
I don?t want to talk too soon
There?s nothing to lose
Swimming in booze, selling your shoes
Featuring: The Summer Set
Girl I'd steal the Mona Lisa,
But I'd know I wouldn't keep her.
Cause I wake up next to you everyday.
I'd buy the Taj Mahal, never visit it at all,
If that's the only price I gotta pay.
Cause I've never loved anything like I love you.
I'd go and catch the moon,
Then I'd drag it down to you,
But I know that you'd be brighter anyway.
I'd walk the whole Great Wall,
And every brick, I'd count them all,
Then I'd start over the next day.
Cause I've never loved anything like I love you,
Like I love you.
Like I love you.
Turn on every light in New York City,
I'd still be blind if you weren't with me.
You're the one who opens up my eyes,
Cause I've never loved anything like I love you,
Like I love you,
Like I love you.
I'd steal the Mona Lisa,
But I'd know I wouldn't keep her.
[Thunder] Leggo everybody on the left
Everybody on the right
Everybody, everybody in the house say
Lalalalala, oh lalalalala
Oh lalalalalala
[Mir] Baby say yeah yeah yeah yes
Don't say no no no no
Nun-eul ttel su eobs-eo neol gajilsuga eobsdaedo do do do
Ileon jeog cheom-iya naleul bwa wae eodil bwa
Bulleodo amu daedab eobsneun neon monalija
Yeogin neoui jaliya nal tteonajima
[All] I Know, I know, I know, I know
[G.O] Saranghae, saranghae, saranghanda
Taeyangboda tteugeobge wonhanda
Neon gajil su eobsneun monalija gat-aseo dulyeowo
[All] Naege annyeong-ila malhajima
Geuleon nunbich-eulo naege malhajima
Baby say yes, baby say yes
Monalija gat-eun pyojeong-eulhago
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh baby say yes, baby say yes
[Seungho] Nan meonghaniseoseo barabogoiss-eo
[Thunder] You never know niga naeyeojaga doelji
Nan gyeolgug tto neoleul balaboge dwaessji
Amumal eobs-i mupyojeonghandeus us-eumyeo
Neon meol-eojigoiss-eo
[All] I Know, I know, I know, I know
[Joon] Saranghae, saranghae, saranghanda
Ireohke solichyeo bulleobonda
Neon gajil su eobsneun monalija gat-aseo dulyeowo
[All] Naege annyeong-ila malhajima
Geuleon nunbich-eulo naege malhajima
Baby say yes, baby say yes
Monalija gat-eun pyojeong-eul hago
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh baby say yes, baby say yes
[Seungho] Nan meonghaniseoseo barabogoiss-eo
[G.O] Neol manjilsuneun eobsjiman
Neol gajilsuneun eobsjiman neol-wonhae
[Thunder] Everybody on the left
Everybody on the right
Everybody, everybody in the house say
Lalalalala, oh lalalalala
Oh lalalalalala
[All] Naege annyeong-ila malhajima
Geuleon nunbich-eulo naege malhajima
Baby say yes, baby say yes
Monalija gat-eun pyojeong-eul hago
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh baby say yes, baby say yes
Something in your eyes that says you've seen the whole of time
A secret hidden in the dirt
That flashes on your smile
A secret we all lost today
Of something once divine
The beauty of the world has flown
I see it in your eyes
Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa smile
Mona Lisa
I'm captured by your disappearing smile
There's no-one left to see ya
'Cos there's no-one left alive
'Cos we're all drunk and Howling
Or stoned out of our minds
Or blind obsessed with shopping
Or clinging to our (husbands) wives
It's a graveyard on the upside
Of these city streets you'll find
Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa smile
Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa smile
I just wanna know how to get there
I just wanna know how to break clear
You are the world's forgotten love
Kiss me Mona Lisa
You are the world's forgotten love
Kiss me Mona Lisa
I don't know about you man
But she say I don't belong
I don't know about you man
But she say I don't belong
I don't belong here
I don't belong here
Something in your eyes that says
You've seen it all before
A mystery unfolding
You're a mystery for sure
The mystery gets deeper when you look into it's eyes
Yes a mystery gets stronger when you look deep in it's eyes
Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa smile
Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa smile
I just wanna know how to get there
I just wanna know how to break free
You are the love we left behind
Touch me Mona Lisa
You are the love we've left behind
Touch me Mona Lisa
I don't know about you man
But I feel that something's wrong
But I don't know about you man
But I feel that something's wrong
There's something wrong here
There's something wrong here
Tell me why she gave me wings
They took away the sky
Tell me why she gave me wings
They took away the sky
Mona Lisa
Do not leave me here tonight
Do not leave me
Do not leave me here tonight
Can you hear me Mona Lisa
Can you hear me Mona Lisa
Can you hear me Mona Lisa
Can you hear me Mona Lisa
I don't belong here
I don't belong here
I don't belong here
I don't belong here
Don't you see I'm not from here
Don't you know I'm not from here
Don't you see I'm not from here
Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, men have named you
You're so like that 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 the love, 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 the 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?
(Cretu - Thiers/Hirschburger)
Mona Lisa
You started ages ago
Mona Lisa
One minute after the glow
You watch continuous motion
Without a show of emotion
Mona Lisa
You know the game and the slaves
Can you see them
As they are dyin' in waves
Do you always
Count in murder and tears of pain
Has a flower
To be stained in a red rain
Mona Lisa
Can idols show me the way
Can you hear me
As ravens darken the sky
You watch the glamorous fire
It will erase the entire
Do you know me
I'm a part of the rise and fall
An' I can't smile at
My own life as a sideshow
Mona Lisa
In 86 we arrive
Mona Lisa
Just in the prime of my life
Now I see that
If I cry for the moon tonight
I'll be searchin'
Just for someone on my side
Mona Lisa
I'll never trust in a lie
Can you hear me
Time and again I will try
An' just in every location
I find the right explanation
I can try
How many fantasies
Were interrupted by
A hundred galaxies
That were drifting by
The Mona Lisa's got you in awe
The Mona Lisa's got you in awe
The Mona Lisa's got you in awe
The Mona Lisa's got you in awe
How many apologies
Were interrupted by
Learning how to read
Looking at the sky
The Mona Lisa's got you in awe
The Mona Lisa's got you in awe
The Mona Lisa's got you in awe
The Mona Lisa's got you in awe
Your baby's sleeping, sleeping
Your baby's sleeping, sleeping
Your baby's sleeping, sleeping
Your baby's sleeping, sleeping
Sleeping, sleeping
Sleeping, sleeping...
Your baby's sleeping, sleeping
Your baby's sleeping, sleeping
Your baby's sleeping, sleeping
Sleeping, sleeping
Sleeping, sleeping...
How many fantasies
Were interrupted by
A thousand galaxies
Drifting slowing by
The Mona Lisa's got you in awe
The Mona Lisa's got you in awe
The Mona Lisa's got you in awe
Is this the day I forget you face?
Or maybe tomorrow when we ride the breeze of steel pins
It's never as easy as I remember
Burn everything that bears my name
And let me drift away from you
Forget those nights of twisted obsessions and bloody tears
And these scars of serial killer lust
It's those words I wrote to you that scream in disbelief
A wayward glance and a forgotten smile
I've seen this paradise die before...
Walking between our end and the crashing surf
My regrets disappear with the cherubs
Unbind my hands from razor wire guilt
This drowning man sees what burns behind your eyes
Watch me grow and wither in those dreams of yours
Sleep tight and awaken to my absence
I certainly haven't forgotten your face
And I don't think I ever will...
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
My my sweet mona lisa
she's got a smile that could
turn my life around
and i cant wait to see her
pretty little face
it's turning heads up in this place
this is where
we turn the lights off
nicotine and hops
turn the night on
so im moving in cautious and slow
and this is how
how our night goes
so believe in me
believe in me when i say
that she is the one for me.
believe in me when i say
that she is the one for me.
my my sweet mona lisa
she's got a smile that could
turn my life around
and i cant wait to see her
pretty little face
it's turning heads up in this place
my my sweet mona lisa
she's got a smile that could
turn my life around
and i cant wait to see her
pretty little face
it's turning heads up in this place
this is when i say i need her
this is where she stops and pays
more attention
so i've gotta hear all my feelings show
and maybe now she'll see
where all my time goes
believe in me when i say
that she is the one for me.
my my sweet mona lisa
she's got a smile that could
turn my life around
and i cant wait to see her
pretty little face
it's turning heads up in this place
my my sweet mona lisa
she's got a smile that could
turn my life around
and i cant wait to see her
pretty little face
it's turning heads up in this place
[breakdown]
my my sweet mona lisa
she's got a smile that could
turn my life around
and i cant wait to see her
pretty little face
it's turning heads up in this place
my my sweet mona lisa
she's got a smile that could
turn my life around
and i cant wait to see her
pretty little face
VERSE 1:
If somebody told you that you didn't need me
Tell me would you deceive me
And throw our relationship down the drain
If some other wanted you to use you as another
If that's the case then baby you'd discover
That I will not waste my time
So tell me did you think that you could start to fool me
Did you know that you could mess around and lose me
When I displayed all my trust in you
I don't wanna hear the lies you try to pass as true confession
I'd rather start by teaching you this lesson
It's better to lose what you never had
CHORUS:
So if you feel you've had enough then maybe we should just be friends
I love you enough boy to give you up I guess it's time to call it quits
In your rain don't call on me
I love you enough boy to set you free
I love you enough boy to set you free
VERSE 2:
And even my mother said she didn't trust you as my lover
And then you had the nerve to front my brother
When he was just trying to protect my heart
So here we are have to sit around and talk about it
Trying to find solutions but I doubt it
Cause I can do bad all by myself
And when somebody asks you why the finger points at you
You better tell them the truth
CHORUS OUT (with adlibs)
VERSE 1:
You keep tellin me hopes and dreams
Of the things that would and cannot be
I can't stand these lies
As I sit and try to listen to your alibis
But you couldn't hear me cry
I tried to do my best but I guess it wasn't good enough for you
Now there's no loving left
And I realize there's nothing else that I can do
CHORUS:
All I have are the memories of the way it used to be
All I have are the memories of the way it used to be
Sweet memories of the way we used to be
VERSE 2:
We used to communicate
Now it seems you have no time and you said our love was fake
But you don't seem to understand
That the love we had was strong cause you used to be my man
Baby I need some love I can feel
You just abandoned me and left me here with memories
CHORUS
All I have are the memories of the way it used to be
All I have are the memories of the way it used to be
Sweet memories of the way we used to be
Bebe hoy me levante con ganas de
Volverte a enamorar Amor
Mi corazon destaparé
Y aunque suene muy cursi
Para que nunca lo olvides
Hoy voy a recordarte que
Me encanta tu sonrisa Mona lisa!
Tiene algo que hipnotiza
Me hechiza
Me encanta tu mirada
Tu cara enamorada
Y el sabor de tu boca
Cuando te beso
Cuando te beso!
Hey niña bonita
Mi cielo mi sol mi brisa
Mi estrella mi princesita
Tienes todo lo que un hombre necesita
Labios de miel
Ojos de luna
Delicia y dulsura en tu cuerpo y tu piel
Y lo mejor de todo Baby
Es que eres
Toda Para mi Toda para mi
Pues tuu tuuu...
Tienes algo en ti
Que no se que me enloquece
Tuu tuuu...
Has despertado en mi
El deseo que no desaparece
Contigo descubri
Que la solteria
No es tan genial como parece
Nunca olvides mi vida que...
Me encanta tu sonrisa Mona lisa!
Tiene algo que hipnotiza
Me hechiza
Me encanta tu mirada
Tu cara enamorada
Y el sabor de tu boca
Cuando te beso
Cuando te beso!
Tuu tuuu...
Tienes algo en ti
Que no se que me enloquece
Tuu tuuu...
Has despertado en mi
El deseo que no desaparece
Contigo descubri
Que la solteria
No es tan genial como parece
Nunca olvides mi vida que...
Me encanta tu sonria Mona lisa!
Tiene algo que hipnotiza
Me hechiza
Me encanta tu mirada
Tu cara enamorada
Y el sabor de tu boca
Cuando te beso
Cuando te beso!
Esto es pura pura pura playa
Esto es pura pura pura playa
Esto es pura pura pura playa
Esto es pura pura pura playa
Alkiladooos!
Bebe hoy me levante con ganas de
Volverte a enamorar Amor
Mi corazon destaparé
Y aunque suene muy cursi
Para que nunca lo olvides
Hoy voy a recordarte que
Me encanta tu sonrisa!
Mona lisa, mona lisa, men have named you
Youre so like the lady with the mystic smile
Is it only cause youre 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?
You're the last of your kind, Mona Lisa
With a wink of your eye,
Ya make it all right
Oh there's more left to life, Mona Lisa
Let me take you along for the ride
Ain't nothing' that stays the same
Won't ask it a' you
Just that burgundy smile you wore yesterday
Say ya won't ever lose
I been down, I been worse
Mona Lisa
Came in last, came in first
But it all gathers dirt, Mona Lisa
'Fore ya bathe in the light
Ain't nothing' that stays the same
Won't ask it a' you
Just that burgundy smile you wore yesterday
Say ya won't ever lose
Oh ya taught me this much, Mona Lisa
I done set it aside
For when you need the same magic touch
For when you need remindin'
Ain't nothing that stays the same
Won't ask it a' you
Just that burgundy smile you wore yesterday
Say ya won't ever lose
Just that burgundy smile you wore yesterday
Scientific genius, long lost in time
Dreaming in eternity, learning how to fly
Functions of the body, aand things no one has seen
Knowledge of everything, that was his dream
No one believed him, they say he was a dreamer
Never a hero, but no one can deny
Mysterious, he opened all the doors
Of secrets we never imagined
Victorious, to solve the mysteries
Of secrets-unknown, the smile of the one
Mona Lisa
Designing weapons for war he abhorred
Led by science - And not by the lord
Nature and anatomy, that's what he paints
Mesmerized by that smile
What's behind that face ?
No one believed him, they say he was a dreamer
Never a hero, but no one can deny
Mysterious, he opened all the doors
Of secrets we never imagined
Victorious, to solve the mysteries
Of secrets-unknown, the smile of the one
Als die Sonne versank
saß ein Maler am Strand
malte ein Mädchen so jung und so schön.
Ich fragte ihn
wen er wohl meint
er lachte und sprach: Mein Freund
sie ist ein Traum
den man nur einmal träumt.
Denn ich hab' heute nacht einen Engel gesehn
Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa.
Und ich sah ihre Augen
sie war wunderschön
Mona Lisa
so wunderschön.
Irgendwann ging ich heim
träumte von ihr allein
sah noch ihr Lächeln
als der Morgen begann.
Ich suchte den Maler am Meer
der Stand war einsam und leer
den Traum dieser Nacht
den fand ich nie mehr.
Denn ich hab' heute nacht ...