The Man That Got Away/stormy Weather/blues Lyrics - Maureen Mcgovern

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 burn up 

Tomorrow, he may turn up 

There's just no let-up 

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 

Don't know why 

There's no sun up in the sky 

Stormy weather 

Since my man and I ain't together 

Keeps rainin' all the time 

Life is bare 

Gloom and misery everywhere 

Stormy weather 

Just can't get my poor self together 

I'm weary all the time, the time 

So weary all the time 

When he went away, 

The blues walked in and met me 

If he stays away, 

Old rocking chair will get me 

All I do is pray 

The Lord above will let me 

Walk in the sun once more 

My mama done tol' me 

When I was in pigtails, 

My mama done tol' me, 

"Hon, a man's gonna sweet-talk 

And give ya the big eye, 

But when the sweet talkin's done, 

A man is a two-face, 

A worrisome thing 

Who'll leave ya to sing 

The blues in the night" 

Now, the rain's a-fallin', 

Hear the train a-callin', "Whooee!" 

My mama done tol' me 

Hear that lonesome whistle 

Blowin' 'cross the trestle, "Whooee!" 

My mama done tol' me 

Ah-whooee-ah-whooee 

Ol' clickety-clack's a-echoin' back 

The blues in the night 

The evenin' breeze will start 

The trees to cryin' 

And the moon will hide its light 

When you get the blues in the night 

Take my word 

The mockingbird'll sing 

The saddest kind o' song 

He knows things are wrong and he's right 

Whooee-ooh 

Whooee-ooh 

From Natchez to Mobile, 

From Memphis to St. Joe, 

Wherever the four winds blow 

I' been in some big towns 

I heard me some big talk 

But there is one thing I know 

A man is a two-face 

A worrisome thing 

Who'll leave ya to sing 

The blues in the night 

Whooee-ooh 

Whooee-ooh 

My mama was right 

I know she was right 

There's blues in the night