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 feeling tired and beat i go up where the air is fresh and sweet i get away from the hustling crowd and all that rat race noise down in the street 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 at night the stars put on a show for free and darling you can share it all with me i keep a telling you right smack dab in the middle of town i ve found a paradise that s trouble proof and if this world starts getting you down there s room enough for two up on the roof up on the roo oo oof oh come on baby oh come on honey everything is all right 