When this old world starts getting me down   And people are just too much for me to face   I climb way up to the top of the stairs   And all my cares just drift right into space   On the roof, it's peaceful as can be   And there the world below can't bother me   Let me tell you now      When I come home feelin' tired and beat   I go up where the air is fresh and sweet (up on the roof)   I get away from the hustling crowd   And all that rat-race noise down in the street (up on the roof)   On the roof, the only place I know   Where you just have to wish to make it so   Let's go up on the roof (up on the roof)      At night the stars put on a show for free   And, darling, you can share it all with me      I keep a-tellin' you      Right smack dab in the middle of town   I've found a paradise that's trouble proof (up on the roof)   And if this world starts getting you down   There's room enough for two   Up on the roof (up on the roof)   Up on the roo-oo-oof (up on the roof)   Oh, come on, baby (up on the roof)   Oh, come on, honey (up on the roof)   FADE      Everything is all right (up on the roof)