Harold Arlen

Clip of the Day – One For My Baby by Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra made this song his song, recording it multiple times over his long career.

Its quarter to three,
There’s no one in the place ‘cept you and me
So set ‘em up Joe
I got a little story I think you oughtta know

We’re drinking my friend
To the end of a brief episode
So make it one for my baby
And one more for the road

I know the routine
Put another nickel in that there machine
I’m feeling so bad
Won’t you make the music easy and sad

I could tell you a lot
But you gotta 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 buddy I’m a kind of poet
And I’ve got a lot of things I wanna say
And if I’m gloomy, please listen to me
Till it’s all, all 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
Its gotta be drowned
Or it soon might explode
So make it one for my baby
And one more for the road

This is one of the Johnny Mercer songs in Sunday’s NYT crossword by Elizabeth C. Gorski

One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) (1998 Digital Remaster) – Frank Sinatra