The Man That Got Away- Words by Ira Gershwin, music
by Harold Arlen - From the 1954 film A Star Is Born
- Nominated for Academy Award for Best Song of 1954The 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 dreamed have all
Gone astray.The man that won youHas gone off and undone you.That great beginning
Has seen the 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 willBe the same.Good riddance, good-bye!
Ev'ry 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 may turn up.
There's just no letup the live-long night and day!Ever since this world began
There is nothing sadder thanA one-man woman looking forThe man that got away....
The man that got away.
