When all the world is a hope-less jum-ble
and the rain-drops tum-ble all a-round, 
Heav-en o-pens a mag-ic lane, ____

When all the clouds dark-en up the sky-way, 
there's a rain-bow high-way to be found,
Lead-ing from your win-dow pane.
To a place behind the sun, 
Just a step be-yong the rain. _____

Some-where O-ver the Rain-bow way up high,
There's a land that I heard of once in a lull-a-by,
Some-where O-ver The Rainbow skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream real - ly
do come true.... 

Some day I'll wish up-on a star and wake up
where the clouds are far be-hind me.____
Where troub-les melt like lem-on drops, 
a-way, a-bove the chim-ney tops that's where
you'll find me....

Some-where O-ver The Rain-bow blue-birds fly,
Birds fly O-ver The Rain-bow, why then, oh why can't I?

Some day I'll wish up-on a star and wake up
where the clouds are far be-hind me.____
Where troub-les melt like lem-on drops, 
a-way, a-bove the chim-ney tops that's where
you'll find me....

Some-where O-ver The Rain-bow blue-birds fly,
Birds fly O-ver The Rain-bow, why then, oh why can't I?
If hap-py lit-tle blue-birds fly be-yond the rain-bow,
why oh why can't I?

Circa 1938
Lyric by E.Y. Harburg, Music by Harold Arlen