One For My Baby - Dianne Reeves

It’s quarter to three

There’s no one in the place

Accept you and me

So set 'em up, Joe

I’ve got a little story

You oughtta 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’ve 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 gotta to be true to your coat

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 to say

And when I’m gloomy

You simply gotta 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

But this torch that I found

Must be drowned

Or it soon may explode

Make it one for my baby

And one more for the road

That long, long road