Lyrics:

The night is bitter, the stars have lost their glitter,
The wind's grow colder, suddenly you're a lot older
And all because of a gal who got away.
No more her eager calls, 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, it's all a crazy game.
No more, no more that old time thrill, because you have been put through the mill
And never a new love will ever be the same.

Once I laughed when I heard you say that I'd be playing
Solitaire uneasy in my easy chair.
It never entered my mind.
Once you told me I was mistaken that I'd awaken
With the sun and order orange juice for one.
It never entered my mind.
You have what I lack myself
And now I even have to scratch my back myself.
Once you warned me that if you scorned me,
I'd say a lover's prayer again and wish that you were there again to get into my hair again.
It never entered my mind.

The road gets rougher, it's lonelier and it's tougher -
We hope you 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 that got away....
Please come back....
Won't you come back....