When all the clouds darken up the skyway There's a rainbow highway to be found Leading from your window pain To a place behind the sun Just a step behind the rain Somewhere over the rainbow Way up high There's a land that I heard of Once in a lullaby Someday I'll wish upon a star And wake up where the clouds are far behind me Where troubles melt lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me Somewhere over the rainbow Where birds fly Birds fly over the rainbow Why then oh why cant I If happy little bluebirds fly Beyond the rainbow Why, oh, why cant I