Look to the Rainbow
E.Y. Harburg /Burton Lane
(1) On the day I was born, said my father, said he,
I’ve an elegant legacy waitin’ for ye,
‘Tis a rhyme for your lips-and a song for your heart,
To sing it whenever the world falls apart.
Refrain:
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.
(2) ‘Twas a sumptuous gift to bequeath to a child,
Oh the lure of that song kept her feet runnin’ wild.
For you never grow old—and you never stand still,
With whippoorwills singin’ beyond the next hill.
Refrain:
(3) So I bundled me heart and I roamed the world free,
To the east with the lark to the west with the sea;
And I search all the earth and I scanned all the skies,
But I found it at last in my own true love’s eyes.
Refrain:
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,
Follow the fellow,
Follow the fellow,
Follow the fellow who follows a dream.