The night is bitter, the stars have lost their glitter

The winds grow colder, suddenly you're older

And all because of the man that got away



No more his eager call, the writings on the wall

The dreams you've dreamed have all gone astray



The man that won you has run off and undone you

That great beginning has seen a 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, goodbye

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'll burn up, tomorrow he might 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 man that got away