Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Rufus Wainwright
Canonical path: /rufus-wainwright/somewhere-over-the-rainbow
Related lyric paths: 6
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Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Read Somewhere Over the Rainbow lyrics by Rufus Wainwright on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Somewhere Over the Rainbow
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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 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, bluebirds fly,
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?
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Rufus Wainwright performs "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", and this lyric page sits inside the Rufus Wainwright catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to The Art Teacher and Casanova in Hell with a short reason for opening each page next.
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