One For My Baby

It's a quarter to three, there's no one in the place except you and me

So set 'em up Joe, I've got a little story you ought to 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've got the routine, so drop another nickel in the machine

I'm feeling so bad, I wish you'd make the music dreamy and sad

I could tell you a lot, but you've got to be true to your code

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 to say

And when I'm gloomy, you've simply got to listen to me

Until it's talked away

That's how it goes and Joe I know you're

Getting anxious and you're ready to close

So thanks for the cheer, I hope you didn't mind my bending your ear

This torch that I found must be drowned or it soon might explode

Make it one for my baby and one more for the road

I've got the routine, so drop another nickel in the machine

I'm feeling so bad, I wish you'd make the music dreamy and sad

I could tell you a lot, but you've got to be true to your code

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 to say

And when I'm gloomy, you've simply got to listen to me

Until it's talked away

That's how it goes and Joe I know you're

Getting anxious and you're ready to close

So thanks for the cheer, I hope you didn't mind my bending your ear

This torch that I found must be drowned or it soon might explode

Make it one for my baby and one more for the road

Make it one for my baby and one more for the road

Make it one for my baby and one more for the road