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