Lyrics by: Mitchell Parish
Music by: Hoagy Carmichael
Arranged by: Sy Oliver – Don Costa
Originally made famous by: Isham Jones
From the Album: Stardust: Tommy Dorsey and Frank Sinatra
Label: Victor – Reprise
Recorded: 11/11/40 – 11/20/61
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NOTE: lyrics in (parentheses)
are sung by Frank AND backups
(Sometimes I wonder why I spend
the lonely nights) dreamin' of a song
The melody haunts my reverie and
I am once again with you
(When our love was new) and each
kiss an inspiration
<LONE FEMALE BACKUP> Oh,
but that was long ago, and now my consolation is in the stardust of a
song
(And beside a garden wall, when
the stars were bright)
You were in my arms, the
nightingale told its fairy tale of paradise where roses grew.
Though I dream in vain, in my
heart it always will remain
My stardust melody (the memory
of love's refrain)
<instrumental>
Though I dream in vain, in my
heart it always will remain
My stardust melody (the memory
of love's refrain)
<very brief instrumental)
The memory (of love's refrain)
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NOTE: Usual intro -
And now the purple dusk of
twilight time steals across the meadows of my heart
High up in the sky the little
stars climb, always reminding me that we're apart
You wander down the lane and far
away, leaving me a song that will not die
Love is now the stardust of
yesterday, the music of the years gone by