ONE FOR MY BABY Mercer & Arlen Frank Sinatra
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Its | quar^ter^to^three.ee.e ^theres | no^one^in^the place ex | cept^you^and^me.ee.ee.|
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|.ee.ee.ee ~ ^So | set^em^up^Joe.ee.e^I | got^a^lit^tle sto ry |
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| you^ought^a^know.ww.ww.|.ww.ww.ww ~ ^we're | drink^ing^my^friend.dd.dd |
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| to the^end.d^of a | brief^ep^i^sode.ee.ee.|.ee. .ee. .ee make^it |
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| ^one for ^my b=a by ^and | one more for the | road.dd.dd.dd | / / / ~ ^I |
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||: got^the^rou^tine ee.e ^so | drop^an^oth^er nick el | in^the^mach^ine ee.ee.|
||: that’s^how^it^goes ss.s ^and | Joe^I^know^your get ting | anx^ious^to^close.ee.ee.|
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|.ee.ee.ee ~ ^Im | feel^ing^so^bad. dd.d ^I | wish^youd^make^the mus ic |
|.ee.ee.ee ~ ^So | thanks^for^the^cheer.rr.r ^I | hope^you^did^nt mind my |
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| dream^y^and^sad.dd.dd.|.dd.dd.dd ~ ^could | tell^you^a^lot. tt.tt |
| bend^ing^your^ear.rr.rr.|.rr.rr. .rr ~ ^this | torch^that^Ive^found.dd.dd |
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| but you’ve^got t^to be | true^to your^code.ee.ee.|.ee. .ee. .ee make^it |
| must be^drowned.d^or it | soon^might^ex^plode.ee.ee.|.ee. .ee. .ee make^it |
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1. | ^one for ^my b=a by ^and | one more for the | road.dd.dd.dd | / / / You'd |
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| nev v^er ^know it ^but | bud=dy=I'm=a kind^of po^et^and^Ive |
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| got=ta lot ^of things to | say yy yy ~ ^And | when n ^I'm ^gloo my ^you |
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| sim=ply=got=ta lis^ten ^to me ^un | til l ^its talked.d ^a | way.yy.yy ~ ^Well :||
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2. | ^one for ^my b=a by ^and | one more for the | road.dd.dd That |
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| long.gg long.gg | road.dd.dd.dd.|.dd.dd.dd.dd ||
About this song:
One For My Baby is performed by Frank Sinatra and written by Mercer & Arlen.
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