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The Third Man Theme
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-Instrumental version by Anton Karas hit # 1 for 11 weeks in 1950
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-Instrumental version by Guy Lombardo ALSO hit # 1 for 11 weeks in 1950
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-four other versions also charted that year뾈reddy Martin (#17), Hugo
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-Winterhalter (#21), Victor Young (#22), and Owen Bradley (#23)
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-Title song from the Orson Welles film co-starring Joseph Cotton
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- Words by Walter Lord, Music by Anton Karas
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When a zither starts to play
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You'll remember yesterday
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In its haunting strain
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Vienna lives again
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Free and bright and gay
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In your mind a sudden gleam
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Of a half forgotten dream
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Seems to glimmer when you hear The Third Man Theme
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Once again there comes to mind
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Someone that you left behind
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Love that somehow didn't last
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In that happy city of the past
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Does she still recall the dream
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That rapture so supreme
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When first she heard the haunting Third Man Theme?
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Carnivals and carousels and ferris wheels and parasols
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The Danube nights, the dancing lights again will shine
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The zither's sweet refrain
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Keeps swirling in your brain
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Like new May wine
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Strauss waltzes, candle-glow
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And the laughter of long ago
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Fill the magic chords and make it seem like today
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You never knew that you could be
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Enchanted by a melody
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The years will never drive it out
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You don't know why
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It's something you can't live without
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You hear it in the twilight hush
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And in the morning traffic rush
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A song that's always new
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In your heart a part of you
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Oh, shines so brightly when you hear The Third Man Theme
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When a zither starts to play
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You'll remember yesterday
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In its haunting strain
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Vienna lives again
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Free and bright and gay
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In your mind a sudden gleam
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Of a well remembered dream
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Seems to glimmer when you hear The Third Man Theme
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Once again there comes to mind
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Someone that you left behind
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Love that somehow didn't last
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In that happy city of the past
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Does she still recall the dream
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That rapture so supreme
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When first she heard the haunting Third Man Theme?
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Carnivals and carousels and ferris wheels and parasols
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The Danube nights, the dancing lights again will shine
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The zither's sweet refrain
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Keeps swirling in your brain
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Like new May wine
|
Strauss waltzes, candle-glow
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And the laughter of long ago
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Fill the magic chords and make it seem like today
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|
You never knew that you could be
|
Enchanted by a melody
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The years will never drive it out
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You don't know why
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It's something you can't live without
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You hear it in the twilight hush
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And in the morning traffic rush
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A song that's always new
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In your heart a part of you
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Oh, shines so brightly when you hear The Third Man Theme
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Third Man Theme
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| Guy Lombardo |
