One For My Baby
Johnny Mercer feat. The Pied Pipers Lyrics
It's quarter to three, there's no one in the place
Except you and me
So set 'em' up Joe, I got a little story
I think you should 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 know the routine, put another nickel
In the machine
I feel kind of bad, can't you make the music
Easy and sad
I could tell you a lot, but it's not
In a gentleman's code
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'd like to say
And if I'm gloomy, please listen to me
Till it's talked away
Well that's how it goes, and Joe I know your gettin'
Anxious to close
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's gonna explode
Make it one for my baby
And one more for the road
Except you and me
So set 'em' up Joe, I got a little story
I think you should 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
In the machine
I feel kind of bad, can't you make the music
Easy and sad
I could tell you a lot, but it's not
In a gentleman's code
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'd like to say
And if I'm gloomy, please listen to me
Till it's talked away
Well that's how it goes, and Joe I know your gettin'
Anxious to close
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's gonna explode
Make it one for my baby
And one more for the road
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Written by: Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
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Sussy LH
It's quarter to three
there's no one in the place
except you and me
So set 'em up Joe
I've got a little story
you ought a 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 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 that's not
in a gentleman's code
Just make it one
for my baby
and one more
for the road
You'd never
know it
but buddy
I am a kind of poet
And I've got
a lot of things
to say
And when I'm gloomy
You simply
got to listen to me
until it's talked away
Well that's how it goes
and Joe I know
you're getting
anxious to close
So thanks for the beer
I hope you didn't mind
my bending your ear
Don't let it be said
that little Freddie
can't carry his load
Just make it one
for my baby
and one more
for the road
that long
long road
that long
long road
Howard Herrnstadt
I am a jazz vocalist of many years but only recently discovered Johnny Mercer's numerous vocals on YouTube. Now, when I prepare a song by Mercer it MUST be informed by his vocal version if available. Who better to let other singers know what the song really means? For example, his version of Moon River allowed me to see that it's not a hokey lyric about people floating down a river. It's a metaphor for getting out and living a full life. Greater song than most people realize.
Ruud Moret
Johnny Mercer was not only a brilliant lyricist, he was also a gifted singer. I bought a record album of his greatest hits like 40 years ago. Ever heard him singing "Small Fry" with Bing Crosby? His rendition of his own song "The GI Jive"? He was not just great, he was terribly funny, too. "Accen-tchu-ate the Positive." How come you guys never heard of him? Because you weren't born yet? I would rank him together with Hoagy Carmichael.
Francis Alan Wormald
THIS MUST BE A CRUEL JOKE..NO LYRICIST COULD POSSIBLY SOUND THIS GREAT....HIS GENIUS BLOWS THIS 82 YR OLD AWAY...SO GLAD I DO RECALL SEEING HIM LIVE ON EARLY TV....RIP
Charlene Bowersock
I really love this man’s voice
Don R
Mercer was quite a talent. Great lyricist. Excellent singer. And a darn good composer. Wrote the music for Dream (when you're feeling blue); Something's Gotta Give; and I Wanna Be Around, among other songs, though he's generally known for his lyrics.
DDiva R
My dads fav song was Dream. Everytime I perforned it I always said this is for you Daddy.
Drew Sagar
I have always liked JMs voice and as a lyricist he was incomparable. His duets w/ Jo Stafford and Jackson T garden are memorable
jim clare
...as real as last call...for me, Johnny's version of this great song, is simply the best...
jim clare
HAPPYTHELEAF
A lyric genius was Mercer, a novelist takes a book to tell a story, a Poet can tell the same story with a poem, but Johnny could tell it with in eight lines.......
Peter Gerstenzang
It's great to hear all you musicians and lyricists talk about Mercer, like he fell into the biz by accident. The arrangement is just fine and Johnny was a remarkably hip, laconic phraser with a lovely, colloquial Southern sound. And he wrote the lyrics to about 900 classics. And kibbitzers and critics, what exactly have ya'll done?Yeah, I thought so.