“THE MAN THAT GOT AWAY”
From A Star is Born (film) (1954)
LYRIC BY IRA GERSHWIN
(Music by Harold Arlen)
1 The night(A) is bitter(B) -- the stars have lost their glitter(B).
2 The winds grow colder(C), and suddenly you(D)'re older(C).
3 And all(E) because of the man(F) that(G) got away(H).
4 No more(I) his(J) eager call(E) -- the writing's on(K) the wall(E):
5 The dream(L)s you(D) dream(L)ed have all(E) gone(K) astray(H).
6 The man(F) that(G) won(M) you(D) has gone(K) off and undone(M) you(D).
7 That great beginning(N) has seen the final inning(N).
8 Don't know what happened -- it's all(E) a crazy game(O)!
9 No more (I) that all(E) time thrill(P), for you(D)'ve been through(D) the mill(P),
10 And never a new(D) love will be the same(O).
11 Good(Q) riddance, good(Q)bye! Every trick of his(J) you(D)'re on(K) to(D).
12 But fools(R) will be fools(R), and where's he(S) gone(K) to(D)?
13 The road gets rougher(T) -- it's lonelier and tougher(T).
14 With hope you(D) burn(U) up(V) -- tomorrow he(S) may(H) turn(U) up(V).
15 There's just no(I) let up(V) the live-long night(A) and day(H).
16 Ever since this world began(F) there is nothing sadder than(F)
17 A one-man(F) woman looking for the man(F) that(G) got away (H)...
18 The man(F) that(G) got away (H).
74 words are either rhyming words or duplicate words
(One third of all 227words in the song)
A = 2 I = 6 Q = 2
B = 2 J = 2 R = 2
C = 2 K = 5 S = 2
D = 11 L = 2 T = 2
E = 6 M = 2 U = 2
F = 7 N = 2 V = 3
G = 4 O = 2
H = 6 P = 2
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