Israel Kamakawiwo'ole – Somewhere Over The Rainbow lyrics

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole – Somewhere Over The Rainbow lyrics

Ooooo oooooo ohoohohoo
Ooooo ohooohoo oooohoo
Ooooo ohoohooo oohoooo
Oohooo oohoooho ooooho
Ooooo oooooo oooooo
Ooooo oooooo oooooo

Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
And the dreams that you dreamed of
Once in a lullaby ii ii iii o
Somewhere over the rainbow
Blue birds fly
And the dreams that you dreamed of
Dreams really do come true ooh ooooh
Someday I'll wish upon a star
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me ee ee eeh
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
High above the chimney tops that's where you'll find me oh
Somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly
And the dream that you dare to, why, oh why can't I? I iiii

Well I see trees of green and
Red roses too,
I'll watch them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world

Well I see skies of blue and I see clouds of white
And the brightness of day
I like the dark and I think to myself
What a wonderful world

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people passing by
I see friends shaking hands
Saying, "How do you do?"
They're really saying, I... I love you
I hear babies cry and I watch them grow,
They'll learn much more
Than we'll know
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world (w)oohoorld

Someday I'll wish upon a star,
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
High above the chimney top that's where you'll find me
Oh, Somewhere over the rainbow way up high
And the dream that you dare to, why, oh why can't I? I hiii?

Ooooo oooooo oooooo
Ooooo oooooo oooooo
Ooooo oooooo oooooo
Ooooo oooooo oooooo
Ooooo oooooo oooooo
Ooooo oooooo oooooo

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Unregistered 2011-09-16 16:06:06

I sang this song to my baby before she was born, during her short life and as I held her after life left her body. I played it at her funeral as well. This song's meaning for me and my family is simply stated as, my baby is now up there. Where there's no pain, no troubles, just beautiful open sky where's she's free to be anything she wants to be. No one, no doctors are telling her what she will and will not be able to do, because up there. She's healthy and completely able to live life any way her soul so chooses.

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Unregistered 2015-05-06 16:46:35

This song has so much sentimental feelings for me. 4 years ago when I met my boyfriend/soulmate Tim he would sing along with this version to me with reference to our future. Our dreams would come true. Together. Now today it has so much meaning in the opposite direction. I lost Tim unexpectedly 2 days ago. I listen to this song now and think that he is were there is no pain, no troubles and he is living free. Someday we will be together again. Over the rainbow! I love you Timothy Walter!

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Unregistered 2016-01-26 17:50:30

I have to say that I also like Israel "IZ" of over the Rainbow, he has a way of putting the feeling into my heart. When I was little I always wanted to see what was at the end of the Rainbow, yes I did dream of those rainbows. Now I'm grown-up, I first saw Israel video sitting on the beach singing over the Rainbow, Then I saw his beautiful departure, really hit me, I cried. I would love that song by him for mine too! Funny, I didn't even know him.

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Unregistered 2015-07-01 03:51:27

Judy Garland put this into words when I was small and I let it carry me away. And now again someone else has improved it by adding a bit and improving something that was almost perfect. I'll keep looking and keep trying to find my rainbow and my loved ones who have flown on.

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shirlesJ 2010-02-18 20:54:16

I love this song, has a lot of meaning to it, I actually perfer Israels's version (its sad how he died already) but its more like a postive song, dreams do come true if you fight for them, because this is a wonderful world, and life is beautiful. It just depends how you look at it. But I can personally say this is one of my fav songs! :) I can personally relate to this, as I kno others can as well.

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