Tony Bennett - Somewhere Over The Rainbow Lyrics

Tony Bennett Lyrics

"Somewhere Over The Rainbow"

When all the world is a hopeless jumble
And the raindrops tumble all around
Heaven opens a magic lane

When all the clouds darken up the skyway
There's a rainbow highway to be found
Leading from your windowpane

To a place behind the sun
Just a step beyond the rain

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

Some day 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
Blue birds 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?

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Thanks to Lucy Kave for correcting these lyrics.

Writer(s): Harold Arlen, George David Weiss, E. Y. Harburg, Robert Thiele

"Over the Rainbow" was written for the movie "The Wizard of Oz". Dorothy Gale (played by Judy Garland) sings it in the film.

The first verse of this song is not included in the film, although it is sung by many artist which covered the song over the years, such as, Tony Bennett, Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald, and Frank Sinatra.