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 riddancegood-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 . . .