The Man That Got Away

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 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 a final inning

I don't know what happened

It's all a crazy game



No more that all-time thrill

'Cause 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

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