This is definitely one of my favorite Nat King Cole songs.
The way I see it, Mona Lisa is being used as a specific example of a general topic. If that makes sense at all. If it doesn't, what I mean is that the general idea is that this girl is mysterious- she's always smiling, but no one can really put a finger on why. Is she smiling to tempt a lover? To hide a broken heart? Is she being real or is she faking it? But he's making this generalization with the specific example of the ever-popular Mona Lisa painting that no one quite understands.
This is definitely one of my favorite Nat King Cole songs. The way I see it, Mona Lisa is being used as a specific example of a general topic. If that makes sense at all. If it doesn't, what I mean is that the general idea is that this girl is mysterious- she's always smiling, but no one can really put a finger on why. Is she smiling to tempt a lover? To hide a broken heart? Is she being real or is she faking it? But he's making this generalization with the specific example of the ever-popular Mona Lisa painting that no one quite understands.