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 cloouds are far behind me where troubles melt like lemon drops away above the chimney tops that s where you ll find me somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly if birds fly over the rainbow why then oh why can t i if happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow why oh why can t i 