The night is bitter   The stars have lost their glitter   The winds grow colder   And suddenly you're older   And all because of the gal that got away      No more, her eager call   The writing's on the wall   The dreams you dreamed   Have all gone astray      The gal 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 hers you're on to   But fools will be fools   And where's she gone to      The road gets rougher   It's lonelier and tougher   With hope you burn up   Tomorrow she may turn up   There's just no ladder   Live long night and day      Ever since this world began   There is nothing sadder than   A lost lost loser   Looking for the gal that got away      Please come back   Won't you come back?   The gal that got away