Some day I’ll wish upon a star And wake up…
Some day I’ll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where troubles melt like lemondrops
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?
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‘”Over the Rainbow” in The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Other E. Y. Harburg Quotes
- On the day I was born,
Said my father, said he
I’ve an elegant legacy waiting for ye.
Tis a rhyme for your lips
And a song for your heart
To sing it whenever the world falls apart. Look, look, look to the rainbow
Follow it over the hill and stream
Look, look, look to the rainbow
Follow the fellow who follows a dream. - View Quote Details on On the day I was born,
Said my father,… - When the idle poor
Become the idle rich
You’ll never know
just who is who
or who is which. - View Quote Details on When the idle poor
Become the idle rich… - When I’m not near the girl I love, I love the girl I’m near. - View Quote Details on When I’m not near the girl I love, I love…
- Say, its only a paper moon
Sailing over a cardboard sea
But it wouldn’t be make-believe
If you believed in me. - View Quote Details on Say, its only a paper moon
Sailing over a… - 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. - View Quote Details on Somewhere over the rainbow,
Way up high
There’s a land… - I am a rebel by birth…. I contest anything that is unjust, that causes suffering in humanity. My feelings about that are so strong, I don’t think I could live with myself if I weren’t honest. - View Quote Details on I am a rebel by birth…. I contest anything that…
- No matter how high or great the throne,
What sits on it is the same as your own. - View Quote Details on No matter how high or great the throne,
What… - Lives of great men all remind us greatness takes no easy way.
All the heroes of tomorrow are the heretics of today.
Socrates and Galileo, John Brown, Thoreau, Christ, and Debs
Heard the night cry down with traitors, and the dawn shout “Up the reds!” - View Quote Details on Lives of great men all remind us greatness takes no… - I never knew the charm of spring
Never met it face to face
I never new my heart could sing
Never missed a warm embrace
‘Til April in Paris.
Whom can I run to
What have you done to
My heart… - View Quote Details on I never knew the charm of spring
Never met… - Follow the yellow brick road. - View Quote Details on Follow the yellow brick road.
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