And now the purple dust 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'll 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, gone by      Sometimes I wonder why I spend   The lonely nights dreaming of a song   That melody haunts my reverie   And I am once again with you   When our love was new   And each kiss an inspiration   Ah, but that was long ago   Now my consolation   Is in the stardust of a song      Beside a garden wall   When stars were bright   But you were in my arms   The nightingale tells his fairy tale   Of paradise where roses bloom   Though I dream in vain   In my heart it will remain   My stardust melody   A memory of love's refrain, love's refrain      Beside a garden wall   When stars were bright   You were in my arms   That nightingale tells his fairy tale   Of paradise where roses bloom   Though I dream in vain   In my heart it will remain   My stardust melody   A memory of love's refrain