Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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"Stardust' is a song from Nat King Cole's 'Love Is The Thing' album, released in 1957. Written by Hoagy Carmichael and Mitchell Parish.

Lyrics:

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 wandered 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

Sometimes I wonder how 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
And now my consolation
Is in the stardust of a song

Besides the garden wall
When stars are bright
You are in my arms
The nightingale tells his fairytale
Of paradise where roses grew

Though I dream in vain
In my heart it will remain
My stardust melody
A memory of love's refrain

Songwriters: Mitchell Parish / Howard Hoagland Carmichael

Stardust lyrics © Reservoir Media Music, Emi Mills Music Inc., Songs Of Peer Ltd