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 window pane      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      Someday I'll wish upon a star   And wake up where the clouds   Are far behind me      Where troubles melt like lemon drops   Way above the chimney tops   That's where you'll find me      Somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly   Birds fly over the rainbow, why then, oh, why can't I?   If all those little bluebirds fly   Beyond the rainbow, why, oh, why, can't I?