One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) Songtext
von Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra

It′s quarter to three
There's no one in the place except you and me
So set ′em up Joe, I've got a little story you ought' 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
So drop another nickel in the machine
I′m feeling so bad
I wish you'd make the music dreamy and sad
Could tell you a lot
But you′ve got to be true to your 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 a poet
And I've got a lot of things to say
And when I′m gloomy, you simply got to listen to me
Until it's talked away


Well, that's how it goes
And Joe I know you′re gettin′ anxious to close
So thanks for the cheer
I hope you didn't mind my bending your ear
This torch that I found
Must be drowned or it soon might explode

Make it one for my baby
And one more for the road

You′d never know it, but buddy I'm a kind of a poet
And I′ve got a lot of things to say
And when I'm gloomy, you simply got to listen to me
Until it′s talked away

Well, that's how it goes
And Joe I know you're gettin′ anxious to close
So thanks for the cheer
I hope you didn′t mind my bending your ear
This torch that I found
Must be drowned or it soon might explode

Make it one for my baby
And one more for the road
That long, long road