Lyrics of
Over The Rainbow What A Wonderful World

Over the Rainbow was composed by Harold Arlen with lyrics by E.Y. Harburg for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song that year and became one of the most enduring standards of the 20th century, immortalized by Judy Garlands performance as Dorothy.

Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high
And the dreams that you dream of once in a lullaby
Oh somewhere over the rainbow, blue birds fly
And the dreams that you dream of, dreams really do come true

Someday i'll wish upon a star
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
High above the chimney tops that's where you'll find me

Oh somewhere over the rainbow, blue birds fly
And the dreams that you dare to, oh why, oh why can't I?

Well I see trees of green and Red roses too
I'll watch then bloom for me and you
And I think to myself: what a wonderful world
Well I see skies of blue and I see clouds of white
And the brightness of day, I like the dark
And I think to myself: what a wonderful world

The colours of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people passing bye
See friends shaking hands, saying 'how do you do?'
They're really saying, I I love you

I hear babies cry and I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than we'll know
And I think to myself: what a wonderful world

Someday i'll wish upon a star
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
High above the chimney tops that's where you'll find me

Oh somewhere over the rainbow, way up high
And the dreams that you dare to, why, oh why can't I?

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