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