and one more for the road
ONE FOR MY BABY
It’s 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
It’s gotta be drowned
Or it soon might explode
So make it one for my baby
And one more for the road
Johnny Mercer & Harold Arlen (1943)
(this post is for amy!)
Labels: frank sinatra, paul scheurich, poetry, smokes
2 Comments:
These are captivating. Wonderful designs.
Shame that they were for the promotion of coffin sticks .
thank you dominic. yeah--i know. that's the side of them that's creepy. but i love some of the artwork.
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hi, and thanks so much for stopping by. i spend all too much time thinking my own thoughts about this stuff, so please tell me yours. i thrive on the exchange!
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