Star dust
Hoagy Carmichael And His Orchestra Lyrics
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Steals across the meadows of my heart
High up in the sky the little stars climb
Always reminding me that were apart
You wander down the lane and far away
Leaving me a song that will not die
Love is now the stardust
Of yesterday
Of the years
Gone by
Chorus:
Sometimes I wonder why I spend
The lonely nights
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.
Beside the garden wall, when stars are bright
You are in my arms
The nightingale tells his fairy tale
Of paradise where roses grew.
Though I dream in vain, in my heart you will remain
My stardust melody
The memory of loves refrain.
The lyrics to Hoagy Carmichael And His Orchestra's song Star Dust describe the feeling of longing for a lost love. The purple dusk symbolizes an end to something beautiful and the beginning of a period of loneliness. The stars in the sky serve as a reminder of the distance between the singer and the person they long for. The lyrics mention how the person they love is wandering down a lane and leaving them a song that will never die. This represents the residual emotions and memories that remain after the relationship ends. The love the singer once knew is now nothing more than stardust, a memory of a long-gone time. The melody of the song continues to haunt the singer's thoughts and bring them back to that time when their love was new and each kiss was inspiring. Despite the passage of time, the memory of their love remains with the singer as a melancholy melody.
The chorus delves further into the singer's thoughts, as they wonder why they spend lonely nights dreaming of a song. The melody of the song continues to remind them of their lost love, and they are transported back to a time when their love was new and everything seemed possible. However, now the stardust of the song is their only consolation. The lyrics describe a scene where the singer is standing beside a garden wall on a night filled with stars, holding their lover in their arms. The nightingale sings the tale of a paradise where roses grew, a metaphor for the beauty of love that once was. Despite dreaming in vain, the memory of their love will remain with the singer like a stardust melody.
Overall, the lyrics of Star Dust are a beautiful and melancholy ode to lost love. The song highlights the power of music to evoke powerful emotions and memories of the past, and reminds us that even long after love has faded away, the memory of it remains with us like stardust.
Line by Line Meaning
And now the purple dusk of twilight time
The quiet and darkening evening sky brings a sense of peace
Steals across the meadows of my heart
This calmness also enters my soul
High up in the sky the little stars climb
The night sky is gradually becoming illuminated with stars
Always reminding me that were apart
The stars represent the distance between the singer and their loved one
You wander down the lane and far away
The loved one has left and moved on
Leaving me a song that will not die
The memories of the relationship remain
Love is now the stardust
Their love has faded away
Of yesterday
It is now just a distant memory
The music
The song they shared is still with them
Of the years
It has been a long time since they were together
Gone by
But these memories continue to linger
Sometimes I wonder why I spend
The singer questions why they continue to dwell on the past
The lonely nights
The emptiness they feel without their loved one
Dreaming of a song.
The song represents their hopes and regrets
The melody haunts my reverie
The tune is always on their mind
And I am once again with you.
The song takes the singer back to happy times with their loved one
When our love was new, and each kiss an inspiration.
Their relationship was once fresh and exciting
But that was long ago, and now my consolation
Time has passed and they have only memories to console themselves
Is in the stardust of a song.
The song is a source of comfort and healing for them
Beside the garden wall, when stars are bright
The singer remembers a romantic moment with their loved one
You are in my arms
They felt safe and secure in their love
The nightingale tells his fairy tale
The songbird adds to the enchantment of the moment
Of paradise where roses grew.
The garden was a place of beauty and love
Though I dream in vain, in my heart you will remain
The singer knows they cannot go back, but their love is still strong
My stardust melody
The song represents their feelings and memories of love
The memory of loves refrain.
Their love may be gone, but the song and memories of it will endure
Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: RICHARD LAWRENCE JUZWICK, AARON VINCENT NORDSTROM, BRIAN STEELE MEDINA, ALESSANDRO PAVERI, MICHAEL ANTHONY SALERNO, KEVIN CHURKO
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@coreywiley3981
Sometimes I wonder
Why I spend the lonely nights
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
Oh, but that was long ago
Now my consolation is in the stardust of a song
Beside a 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
The memory of love's refrain
Though I dream in vain
In my heart, it will remain
My stardust melody
The memory of love's refrain
@mrchdant
STARDUST (aka STAR DUST) and my father's famous history.
It has been just 18 years since my father, Charles "Bud" Dant, left our world, and recently I was in Manhattan to hear Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks with Peter Mintun, got me thinking about Dad's fascinating early history with the famous song Stardust--certainly, one of the most beautiful and most popular songs (over 1500 recordings) ever written. Hoagy Carmichael wrote the melody in 1929, later having recorded it at the Gennett Recording Studios in Richmond, Indiana. Later lyrics were added by Mitchell Parish.
But, as I have heard my own father tell this story many times and which has been recounted in Richard Sudhalter's Stardust Melody ...had it not been for my father's association with Hoagy Carmichael, Stardust may have had a different journey.
So indulge me:
Just before his college days, Dad went down from his hometown in Indianapolis to Bloomington to play for sorority dances at Indiana University. This was around 1925 and Hoagy was on campus at that time, playing a dance at the Kappa Sig house, his fraternity. He found out about Dad playing on campus and sent out the word for his group to come over after his dance was finished. My father picks up the story:
"In front of the house, he had this big open truck, with heavy sides and on it, was the Book Nook's [the local restaurant/bar] piano... ."
Hoagy says: "Get on, Bud, we're goin' for a serenade and we're gonna jam."
They got rolling with Hoagy at the piano, my father on cornet. He told us about one tune he wrote in Havana, Cuba and they played a bit of that...and then he said:
"Bud, here's another good tune we can jam with"
"What's the title?" my father asked.
"It doesn't have a title. It's just a jam tune," Hoagy said.
He starts playing a tune with a medium-fast tempo.
My father says "At least it starts on a four (sub-dominant) chord and that makes it a little different."
They jammed the tune for 15 minutes as they rolled the truck to one sorority house after another--and they got pretty good with it.
Dad continues: "I didn't think too much of it--and I don't think we were always with Hoagy. When we were playing, we couldn't hear him too much," Dad said.
The night ended and everyone scattered for home, and nothing much was made or said about that night.
The number they were jamming that night? A melody that shortly thereafter would become STARDUST!
About three or four years later, my father was urged by Hoagy to come to Bloomington and enroll in Indiana University, and after much argument with my grand parents, Dad decided to head off to school and ended up pledging Hoagy's fraternity, Kappa Sigma even before he became a student!
Hoagy Carmichael was a rare musical genus at the piano, inventing songs, playing wildly in his head but as my father said "he couldn't read or write music."
As my father recounted: "He had to have me no matter what, because I was the only guy he knew that could write music....and in those days, he would take me down to the Book Nook and buy me lunch."
And more often than not, he'd start talking about that song they played on the back of that flat-bed truck some years earlier.
"He'd even written out a lyric of sorts," my father said. Couldn't Dant write an arrangement?
Dad continued: "I said, Hoagy, I haven't played that tune since that night we first played it. I'd never played the melody before. I don't know the melody or anything. Play it for me. You know what he did? He planked out the chorus of the song, his jazz chorus, his paraphrase on the melody, but not the melody itself," my father said.
Finally, my father, if only to lay the matter to rest—agreed to write an arrangement. And that arrangement was the very first time STARDUST had been written onto sheet music.
Below is a photograph of Hoagy Carmichael at that very piano in the Book Nook...it was taken on a different day than that fateful day but the date was close to the 1929 date when this happened.
The early early history of STARDUST is ripe with stories from many, but this, I believe, is an accurate accounting from my father, whose memory of events was accurate, as I later learned from others who told me stories I had heard.
@bernadettekhan399
The Crown brought me here. However I remember my grandfather talking about Hoagy, but I was to young then to appreciate the song and the voice x
@brentscarborough3700
My mom once told me this was her favorite song, but couldn't remember who sang it. When watching the 5th season, Episode 4, of The Crown, they played it! However, Mom's now 100 years old and wouldn't recognize it if I played it. Doctors are giving her about a month left to live, and I wish she could hear it and remember it one last time. I'm going to play it for her anyway.
@HappyZazzling
Aww I hope she remembers <3
@brentscarborough3700
@How To Zazzle Thx! Sadly, she didn’t remember it (I didn’t think she would).
@mt_vu_rx_jukeboxhero
@Brent Scarborough I always mix this up I've been through this before I get the name of this associated with an instrumental … it just goes Daã Daã Daà Daå DuDuDu Dah Dah Dah Dah DDDaa$ ☎️📞🔦 it must be a Benny Goodman
@mt_vu_rx_jukeboxhero
@How To Zazzle yeah I think it will stick , it was a magic click to from Hoagey on Wikipedia to Tin Pan Alley being sort of a Tower of Babel of sheet music sort of fell down and some of those artists remained since the late 19th century they have preserved it these 5 brill building took over etc . Then Hoagy is Stoney on on Flintstones or that was first .
@emmashoesmith8161
It was a lovely thing to do for your mum..
I'm sure somewhere deep inside there's a part of her that remembered!
My prayers for you both.
To lose your mum....well I can tell you nothing will ever hurt as much.
@saramn272
the crown brought me here and I'm so glad it did ♥💯
@gregnormal5101
Hello! How are you doing today, please pardon me for intruding into your privacy but I just wanted to know if you’re a fan ? Have a great day.. Stay Safe
@naobe5
Princess Margaret got me here😁