When a zither starts to play
You'll remember yesterday
In its haunting strain
Vienna lives again
Free and bright and gay
In your mind a sudden gleam
Of a half forgotten dream
Seems to glimmer when you hear the third man theme
Once again there comes to mind
Someone that you left behind
Love that somehow didn't last
In that happy city of the past
Does she still recall the dream
That rapture so supreme
When first she heard the haunting third man theme?
Carnivals and carousels and Ferris wheels and parasols
The Danube nights, the dancing lights again will shine
The zither's sweet refrain
Keeps swirling in your brain
Like new may wine
Strauss waltzes, candle-glow
And the laughter of long ago
Fill the magic chords and make it seem like today
You never knew that you could be
Enchanted by a melody
The years will never drive it out
You don't know why
It's something you can't live without
You hear it in the twilight hush
And in the morning traffic rush
A song that's always new
In your heart a part of you
Oh, shines so brightly when you hear the third man theme
When a zither starts to play
You'll remember yesterday
In its haunting strain
Vienna lives again
Free and bright and gay
In your mind a sudden gleam
Of a well remembered dream
Seems to glimmer when you hear the third man theme
Once again there comes to mind
Someone that you left behind
Love that somehow didn't last
In that happy city of the past
Does she still recall the dream
That rapture so supreme
When first she heard the haunting third man theme?
Carnivals and carousels and Ferris wheels and parasols
The Danube nights, the dancing lights again will shine
The zither's sweet refrain
Keeps swirling in your brain
Like new may wine
Strauss waltzes, candle-glow
And the laughter of long ago
Fill the magic chords and make it seem like today
You never knew that you could be
Enchanted by a melody
The years will never drive it out
You don't know why
It's something you can't live without
You hear it in the twilight hush
And in the morning traffic rush
A song that's always new
In your heart a part of you
Oh, shines so brightly when you hear the third man theme
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- Chester & Lester
- Neck & Neck
- Miscellaneous
- Chet Atkins: RCA Country Legends
- Guitar Legend - The RCA Years (Remastered)
- Quality Music 100 (100 Original Recordings Remastered)
- Guitar Legend: The RCA Years
- All I Want for Christmas Is You (Remastered)
- Merry Christmas! (110 Classic Christmas Songs Remastered)
- Star Bright (Christmas Recordings Remastered)
- The Essential: Chet Atkins
- Merry Christmas (45 Original Christmas Songs) [Remastered]
- Jingle Bells Jazz (45 Classical Christmas Tracks)...
- Jazz Christmas Season (45 Jazz Christmas Tracks)
- All I Want for Christmas, Vol. 1 (40 Original Classic...
- Christmas in Jazz (55 Christmas Jazz Versions) [Remastered]
- Silent Night (50 Classics Jazz Christmas Songs) [Remastered]
- Christmas With Chet Atkins (Remastered)
- A Jazzy Christmas (Remastered)
- The Best Of Chet Atkins & Friends