One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) - Nellie McKay

It’s quarter to three

No one in the place

Except you and me

So set 'em' up Joe

I got a little story

I’d like you to 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 feelin' so bad

Won’t you make the music

Dreamy and sad

I could tell you a lot

But you’ve got to be

True to your code

So make it one for my baby

And one more for the road

You’d never know it

But Joe I’m a kind of poet

I’ve got a lot of things

To say

And when I’m gloomy

Won’t you simply listen to me

Until it’s talked away

That’s how it goes

Joe, I know your gettin'

Anxious to close

So 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 soon might explode

Make it one for my baby

And one more for the road

One for my baby

And one more for the road