Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
Canonical path: /ella-fitzgerald/over-the-rainbow
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Over The Rainbow
Read Over The Rainbow lyrics by Ella Fitzgerald on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Over The Rainbow
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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 windowpane
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
Some day I'll wish upon a star and wake up where
the clouds 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 blue birds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh I, can't I?
Someday I wish upon a star and wake up where the clouds 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 blue birds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why, then oh, why can't I?
If happy little blue birds fly behind the rainbow
Why, oh why can't I?
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Who performs "Over The Rainbow"?
Ella Fitzgerald performs "Over The Rainbow", and this lyric page sits inside the Ella Fitzgerald catalog on LyroVerse.
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