when a zither starts to play
you'll remember yesterday
in your mind a sudden gleam
of a half forgotten dream
seems to glimmer when you hear
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
when first she heard the haunting
and ferris wheels and parasols
the dancing lights again will shine
the zither's sweet refrain
keeps swirling in your brain
and the laughter of long ago
and make it seem like today
you never knew that you could be
the years will never drive it out
it's something you can't live without
you hear it in the twilight hush
and in the morning traffic rush
in your heart a part of you
shines so brightly when you hear
when a zither starts to play
you'll remember yesterday
in your mind a sudden gleam
of a well remembered dream
seems to glimmer when you hear
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
when first she heard the haunting
and ferris wheels and parasols
the dancing lights again will shine
the zither's sweet refrain
keeps swirling in your brain
and the laughter of long ago
and make it seem like today
you never knew that you could be
the years will never drive it out
it's something you can't live without
you hear it in the twilight hush
and in the morning traffic rush
in your heart a part of you
shines so brightly when you hear