It's quarter to three, there's no one in the placeExcept you and meSo set 'em' up joe, I got a little story you autta knowWe're drinking my friend, to the endOf a brief episodeMake it one for my babyAnd one more for the roadI know the routine, put another nickelIn the machineI'm feelin so bad, I hope they make the musicdreamy and sadI could tell you a lot, but it's notIn a gentleman's codeMake it one for my babyAnd one more for the roadYou'd never know it, but buddy i'm a kind of poetAnd i've got a lot of things i'd like to sayAnd if i'm gloomy, please listen to meTill it's talked awayWell that's how it goes, and joe i know your gettin'Anxious to closeThanks for the cheerI hope you didn't mindMy bending your earBut this torch that i found, it's gotta be drownedOr it's gonna explodeMake it one for my babyAnd one more for the roadWriten by Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen.Originally writen for Fred Astaire.Many artist have recorded One For My Baby including Frank Sinatra, but the first time I ever heard this song was when Bette Midler sang to Johnny Carson on his final Tonite Show. I also have the Lena Horne version on a 78 that I play on my 1917 Victor Victrola. All verions are beautiful in their own way but no one creates a mood like Lady Day.

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