ONE FOR MY BABY...

One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)

It's quarter to three,
There's no one in the place 'cept you and me,
So set 'em' up Joe
I got a little story I think you should know

We're drinking my friend, to the end
Of a brief episode,
Make it one for my baby
And one more for the road

I know the routine
Put another nickel in the machine,
I feel kind of bad
Can't you make the music easy and sad

I could tell you a lot,
but you've got to be true to your code,
Just make it one for my baby
And one more for the road

You'd never know it
but buddy I'm a kind of poet
And I've got a lot of things I'd like to say,
And if I'm gloomy, please listen to me
Till it's talked away

Well, that's how it goes

And Joe I know you're gettin' anxious to close,
So Thanks for the cheer
I hope you didn't mind
My bending your ear

But this torch that I found
It's gotta be drowned
Or it's gonna explode,
So make it one for my baby
And one more for the road.

(Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer)

Special thanks to M.E.S.