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 care 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 happy little bluebirds fly over the rainbow why oh why can t i 