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

Away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me!



Somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds fly

Birds fly over the rainbow, why then oh why can't I?



( Someday I'll wish upon a star

and wake up where the clouds are far behind me

Where troubles melt like lemon drops

Away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me! )



Somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds fly

Birds fly over the rainbow, why then oh why can't I?

If happy little bluebirds fly, beyond the rainbow

Why oh why can't I!



Music by Harold Arlen

with lyrics by E,Y. Harburg, 1939