One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

It's a quarter t' three

There's no one in the place except you an' me

So, set 'em up Joe, I've got a little story that you otta kno

We're drinkin' my friend, t' the end of a brief episode

Make it one for ma baby an' one more for the road . .

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

I'm feelin' so bad, I wish you'd make the music dreamy an' sad

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

Make it one for ma baby, one more for the road . .

You'd never kno' it, but Buddy, I'm kind of a poet

And I've got a lot of things to say

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

Until it's talked away . .

Well, that's how it goes, and Joe I kno' you're gettin' anxious t' close

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

This torch that I've found, must be drowned or it soon will explode

Make it one for ma baby, an' one more for the road . .

That long, long road!

~ featured in the 1955 Hollywood musical "Young at Heart"

Arranged by Jack Andrews