one for my baby (and one more for the road)

it's quarter to three and there's no one in the place except you and me

so set 'em up joe

i got a little story you ought to know

we're drinkin' my friend on to the end of a brief episode

make it one for my baby and one more for the road

i got the routine

gonna drop another quarter in this machine

feelin' so bad

i got to have the music dreamy and sad

i could tell you a lot but you have got to be true to your code

make it one for my baby and one more for the road

joe you'd never know it but i'm a kind of poet

and i got a lot of things to say

but when i'm gloomy just listen to me

until it's all talked away

well

that's how it goes and joe i know you're gettin' anxious to close

thanks

thanks for the cheer

hope you didn't mind my bendin' your ear

the torch that i found must be drowned or soon might explode

make it one for my baby and one more for the road

one more for the road