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'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 onto

but fools will be fools

and where's he gone to



The road gets rougher

it's lonlier and tougher

with hope you 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