one for my baby

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 know the routine

put another nickel

in the machine

i feel kind of bad

can'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 if i'm gloomy

please 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's gonna explode

make it one for my baby

and one more for the road