One for My Baby
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"
Music by
Harold Arlen and lyrics by
Johnny Mercer, 1943
Harwin Music Corp. ASCAP
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