The night is bitter,

The stars have lost their glitter,

The winds grow colder,

And suddenly you're older

And all because of

The man that got away.



No more his eager call,

The writing's on the wall,

The dreams you dreamed have all

Gone astray.

The man that won you

Has run off and undone you.

That great beginning

Has seen it's final inning,

Don't know what happened

It's all a crazy game.



No more that all-time thrill

For you've been through the mill,

And never a new love will

Be the same.



Good riddance, good-bye.

Every trick of his you're on to -

But fools will be fools and where's he gone to?



The road gets rougher,

It's lonelier and tougher.

With hope you burn up,

Tomorrow he may turn up.

There's just no letup

The livelong night and day.



Ever since this world began

There is nothing sadder than

A one-man woman

Looking for the man that got away . . .







The road gets rougher,

It's lonelier and tougher.

With hope you burn up,

Tomorrow he may turn up.

There's just no letup

The livelong night and day.



Ever since this world began

There is nothing sadder than

A one-man woman

Looking for the man

The man that got away . . .



The man that got away . . .