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 dreamed have all Gone astray The man that won you Has run 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 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 letup 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
Does anybody know the "original" lyrics to this - that were penned by Gershwin before this piece was used for the 1954 "A Star is Born / Garland" project? bob in Toronto
Nice job, but there's an important qualifier on the description that needs to be mentioned--Harold Arlen only composed the music. Ira Gershwin wrote the lyrics.
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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 dreamed have all
Gone astray
The man that won you
Has run 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 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 letup 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
Could you play it again with no sustained pedal at all?
Does anybody know the "original" lyrics to this - that were penned by Gershwin before this piece was used for the 1954 "A Star is Born / Garland" project? bob in Toronto
Nice job, but there's an important qualifier on the description that needs to be mentioned--Harold Arlen only composed the music. Ira Gershwin wrote the lyrics.
This is quite a nice, plaintive version. Is it in F?
Hi and thanks for your comment.
Yes, it is in F - well spotted!