One for My Baby (mono/test track/June 24, 1958) Songtext
von Frank Sinatra

(Take one)

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 you oughta know
We're drinkin', 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
Feelin′ so bad, can′t you make the music easy and sad
I 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 poet
And I got a lot of things I′d like to say
And when I'm gloomy, won′t you listen to me
'Til it's talked away

Well that′s how it goes and Joe, I know your gettin′ anxious to close
And thanks for the cheer, I hope you didn't mind my bendin′ your ear
But this torch that I found it's gotta be drowned or it soon might explode
So, make it one for my baby and one more for the road
The long, that long, it′s long.