Here are the words. You'll see Sinatra changed a couple in the live version.
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 you oughta know
We're drinkin', my friend, to the end of a brief episode
Make it one for my baby and one more for the road
So, set 'em up, Joe, I got a little story you oughta know
We're drinkin', 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 feelin' so bad, wish you'd make the music easy and sad
I could tell you a lot, but you've got to be true to your code
Just make it one for my baby and one more for the road
I'm feelin' so bad, wish you'd make the music easy and sad
I could tell you a lot, but you've got to be true to your 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 when I'm gloomy, you simply gotta listen to me
Till it's talked away
And I got a lot of things I'd like to say
And when I'm gloomy, you simply gotta listen to me
Till it's talked away
Well that's how it goes and Joe, I know your gettin' pretty anxious to close
And thanks for the cheer, I hope you didn't mind my bendin' your ear
But this torch that I found must be drowned or it soon might explode
So, make it one for my baby and one more for the road
The long, it's so long, the long, very long
And thanks for the cheer, I hope you didn't mind my bendin' your ear
But this torch that I found must be drowned or it soon might explode
So, make it one for my baby and one more for the road
The long, it's so long, the long, very long
You've about convinced me, Nan. It is "easy and sad".
ReplyDeleteThree generations of Sinatra lovers in my family: my mom (and probably hers), me, my daughter.
When he rubs his face I just wanta say, "It'll be okay, Frank."
I know!! Besides being a great singer, he is a very good actor which I think made his renditions of songs so real. Here's a link to a radio show out of NYC. Jonathan Schwartz is THE Sinatra scholar in the world, I think. http://www.wnyc.org/series/jonathan-channel/
DeleteYou may click 'listen' live, and you've got it. The whole channel is on the American Songbook, and Jonathan himself has shows on Wednesday through Sunday at 12pm - Live and
Replays Monday & Tuesday at 12pm, Tuesday – Friday at 7pm, and Saturday & Sunday at 8pm
Wonderful! Thanks for sharing the video Nan, it was so lovely to see that again and yes I’m sure people still talk to talk over their troubles with bartenders. I can’t say I’ve ever done it myself, but my hairdresser is a good listener! :)
ReplyDeleteMy hairdresser and I talk, too. Nonstop! Not about troubles necessarily. She's younger than I but we grew up in the same town, and we have so much fun. I'm always there alone, and when she's done, she sits right down in the dryer chair and we talk for another half hour or so.
DeleteShe obviously enjoys your company just as much as you enjoy hers - which is just lovely.
DeleteIt is lovely!! And I'm heading there this morning!
DeleteOne of my all time favorites, Nan! Sinatra filled our house when my boys where young. All my wonderful Sinatra music are on cassette tapes though. I really need to update to CD and get him singing in the house again. Thanks for the song!
ReplyDeleteI'm so happy you enjoyed it. That performance is really special. Please read what I wrote above to Dewena, if you'd like to hear Sinatra on streaming radio.
DeleteGosh, this brings back so many memories. Ole Frank was a great entertainer. Singing and puffing away on a cigarette. Times they have changed.
ReplyDeleteHe was so great!! Everyone used to smoke everywhere when I was a kid. I'm not sure how many have really quit. I see a lot of young people still smoking.
DeleteOh I love this! His phrasing is so brilliant, he makes it effortless. I love 'Come fly with me' as well. I think he was underrated as an actor. Thanks for posting, I will be humming it for the next few hours. xx
ReplyDeleteI agree with all you said. I really liked him in Young At Heart with Doris Day. Not an appealing character at all, and so well acted. I also The Manchurian Candidate. Happy to set you humming!
DeleteNo idea about bars, but people do like to talk about their troubles with disinterested (not uninterested) parties. My mother-in-law was a beautician and she kind of served in the bartender role for all her "ladies"....and when our daughter owned a day-care center, she said she should have charged for an hour of counseling time because when they came to pick up kids all the moms told her about all their problems at work and home -- decompression time.
ReplyDeleteMaybe only men talk to bartenders? Only now there are bartender women so maybe that changed? All very interesting what you said.
DeleteI think this is my favorite FS song. Such atmosphere. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteYes, atmosphere is exactly it.
DeleteOh yes, an all time favorite! I love the music of that era. Thank you so much for the link to the radio program. I'll certainly be checking it out.
ReplyDeleteI am so pleased that you will search out the Jonathan Channel! The goal is to keep the American Songbook alive, and bring it to new generations.
DeleteThis is a lovely choice and it's extra fun as every time I've spotted your blog post title on my page I've 'heard' him singing the song. It's such an evocative piece of music and it makes me smile.
ReplyDeleteThanks Nan
I'm really happy you liked it!
DeleteAdd me to the list of Sinatra fans. They really don't write songs like this anymore and there isn't another Sinatra to sing them.
ReplyDeleteAmen! If you look above, there is a link to a wonderful NYC radio station that is the 'home' of Sinatra in the radio world. Jonathan Schwartz is a Sinatra scholar.
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