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 far away

leaving me a song that will not die

love is now the stardust of yesterday

the music of the years gone by

sometimes i

wonder why i spend the lonely night

dreaming 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

but that was long ago

now my consolation is in the stardust of a song

beside

a garden wall

when stars were bright

you were in my arms

the nightingale tells his fairy tale

a paradise dwells

though i dream in vain

in my heart it will remain

my stardust melody

a memory of love's refrain