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'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 burn up

Tomorrow he will turn up

There's just no let up

The live long 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



Writers

Ira Gershwin & Harold Arlen