——E. Y. Harburg

 

 

 

Somewhere over the rainbow

 

Way up high

 

There’s a land that I heard of

 

Once in a lullaby

 

Somewhere over the rainbow

 

Skies are blue

 

And the dreams that you dare to dream

 

Really do come true

 

Someday I'll wish upon a star

 

And wake up where the clouds are far behind me

 

Where troubles melt like lemon drops

 

A way above the chimney tops

 

That's where you'll find me

 

Somewhere over the rainbow

 

Bluebirds fly

 

Birds fly over the rainbow

 

Why then, on why can't I?

 

If happy little bluebirds fly

 

Beyond the rainbow

 

Why, on why can't I?