Lyrics by: Ira Gershwin
Written by: Harold Arlen
Arranged By: Nelson Riddle
Album Title: The Reprise Collection, Disc 4
Label: Reprise Records
Recorded: May 13, 1954
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The night is bitter, the stars
have lost their glitter
The winds grow colder, suddenly
you're a lot older
And all because of a gal who got
away
No more her eager call, the
writing is on the wall
All those dreams you dreamed,
they have all gone astray
The gal who won you, she's run
off and undone you
That great beginning has seen
the final inning
I don't know what happened, its
all a crazy game
No more - no more that all time
thrill because you have been put though the mill
And never a new love will ever
be the same
Good riddance, good-bye
Every trick of hers you are on
to
But fools will be fools and
where's she gone?
Where has she gone?
The road gets rougher, it's
lonelier and it's tougher
With hope ya burn up, tomorrow
maybe she'll turn up
There ain't no let up, live-long
night, night and day
Ever since, since this world
began
There ain't nothin' sadder than
A long-lost loser
Lookin' for his gal who got away
Please come back
Won't ya come back?
Mm, mm, mm
Mm mmmm