Listen to One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) by Billie Holiday

One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)

Billie Holiday

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Billie Holiday - One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) Verve Records 1957

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Billie Holiday

Musician

Jimmy Rowles

Piano

Barney Kessel

Electric Guitar

Red Mitchell

Double Bass

Alvin Stoller

Drums

Harry Edison

Trumpet

Ben Webster

Saxophone

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Harold Arlen

Composer

Johnny Mercer

Lyrics

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Norman Granz

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

It's quarter to three

There's no one in the place

Except you and me

[Verse 2]

So set 'em up Joe

I've got a little story

You oughta know

[Verse 3]

We're drinking, my friend

To the end of a brief episode

[Verse 4]

Make it one for my baby

And one more for the road

[Verse 5]

I 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 got to be true to your code

[Verse 6]

Make it one for my baby

And one more for the road

[Verse 7]

You'd never know it

But, buddy, I'm a kind of a 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

[Verse 8]

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

This torch that I've found

Must be drowned or it soon might explode

[Verse 9]

Make it one for my baby

And one more for the road

[Verse 10]

You'd never know it

But buddy, I'm a kind of a 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

[Verse 11]

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

This torch that I've found

Must be drowned or it soon might explode

[Verse 12]

Make it one for my baby

And one more for the road

That long, long road

Written by: Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer

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