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Artist: Jimi Hendrix
Canonical path: /jimi-hendrix/somewhere-over-the-rainbow
Related lyric paths: 6
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Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Read Somewhere Over the Rainbow lyrics by Jimi Hendrix on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Somewhere Over the Rainbow
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Oh uh
I see fingers
Hands and shades of faces
Reachin up and not quite touchin the promised land
I hear pleas and prayers and a desperate whisper sayin
Hold on please give us a helpin hand
Yeah yeah
Way down in the background
I can see frustrated souls of cities burnin
And all across the water vapor
I see weapons barkin out the stamp of death
And up in the clouds I can imagine ufo's jumpin themselves
Laughin they sayin'
Those people so uptight, they sure know how to make a mess
Back in the saloon my tears mix and mildew with my drink
I can't really tell my feet from the stones on the floor
But as far as I know, they may even try to wrap me up in cellophane and try and sell me
Brothers help me, and dont worry about lookin at the storm
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
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Jimi Hendrix performs "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", and this lyric page sits inside the Jimi Hendrix catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to ...And The Gods Made Love and 1983 (A Merman I Should Turn To Be) with a short reason for opening each page next.
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