one for my baby and one more for the road

Billie Holiday

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