One For My Baby Songtext / Lyric

it's quarter to three
there's no one in the place
except 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 got the routine
put another nickel
in the machine
I’m feelin’ so bad
won’t you make the music
easy and sad
I could tell you a lot
but it's not
in a gentleman's 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
I’d like to say
and when I’m gloomy
won't you listen to me
till it's talked away

well that's how it goes
and Joe I know your gettin'
anxious to close
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 soon might explode
make it one for my baby
and one more for the road