Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago

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From the live album Sinatra At The Sands with Count Basie, 1966. Arr. by Quincy Jones.
VINYL SOURCE
Lyrics:
It's quarter to three, there's no one in the place except you and me
Set 'em up, Joe, I got a little story I think you should know
We're drinkin', my friend, to the end of a brief episode
Make it one for my baby and another one for the road

I know the routine, put another quarter 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 gentlemen's code
Just 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 got a lot of things I'd like to say
And if I'm gloomy, please listen to me?
'Til it's talked away

Well, that's how it goes and Joe
I know you're gettin' anxious to close
Anyway, 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 another for the road

So long, it's damn long
It's so long