Ray Evans

Raymond Bernard Evans (4 February 1915 – 15 February 2007) was an American songwriter. He was a partner in a composing and song-writing duo with Jay Livingston, known for the songs they composed for films. Evans wrote the lyrics and Livingston the music for the songs.

Quotes

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.
  • Mona Lisa (1950) · Nat King Cole performance

• 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" (1950)

• City sidewalks, busy sidewalks, dressed in holiday style
  In the air there's a feeling of Christmas
  Children laughing, people passing, meeting smile after smile
  And on every street corner you hear
  Silver bells, (silver bells), silver bells, (silver bells)
  It's Christmastime in the city
  Ring a ling, (ring a ling), hear them ring, (hear them ring)
  Soon it'll be Christmas Day
  • "Silver Bells" (1950) · Marilyn Maxwell and Bob Hope performance in The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)

• When I was just a little girl
  I asked my mother, what will I be
  Will I be pretty? Will I be rich?
  Here's what she said to me
  Que sera, sera
  Whatever will be, will be
  The future's not ours to see
  Que sera, sera
  What will be, will be.
  • "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" (1955) · Doris Day performance