Rufus Wainwright - The Man That Got Away lyrics

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