Is there a sadder song than Frank Sinatra's Version of

[WCGreen]

One for My Baby.....

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

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I do NOT know anyone who could sing it any sadder than Frank.....

I can hear it in my mind's ear so vividly!

Great earworm.......

Thank you...

:cry:

[GCP]

2. "It Was a Very Good Year"

Is sadder, IMHO.

[begin_within]

7. Sad, yes, but also kind of a sweet reminiscing feeling at the same time

[speedoo]

3. Here's a Sinatra song at the other end of the ...

feelings spectrum:

What is america to me
A name, a map, or a flag I see
A certain word, democracy
What is america to me

The house I live in
A plot of earth, a street
The grocer and the butcher
Or the people that I meet

The children in the playground
The faces that I see
All races and religions
That’s america to me

The place I work in
The worker by my side
The little town the city
Where my people lived and died

The howdy and the handshake
The air a feeling free
And the right to speak your mind out
That’s america to me

The things I see about me
The big things and the small
That little corner newsstand
Or the house a mile tall

The wedding and the churchyard
The laughter and the tears
And the dream that’s been a growing
For more than two hundred years

The town I live in
The street, the house, the room
The pavement of the city
Or the garden all in bloom

The church the school the clubhouse
The millions lights I see
But especially the people
- yes especially the people
That’s america to me


It's a beautiful song.

The title is "The House I Live In" and the songwriter, Earl Robinson, was banned by the House Unamerican Activities Committee. How's that for irony.

Sinatra made a short movie around this song in 1945. It was about racial and religious tolerance.

[Hissyspit]

4. Yes: "Angel Eyes" by Frank

From the same album:

[In_The_Wind]

5. Make it one for my baby. And one more for the road.

:loveya:

[Elidor]

6. I'm not a Sinatra fan AT ALL

But I love that song. :)