Sunday, April 12, 2009

Soundtrack to Graduation: Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Israel Kamakawiwo'ole)

Welcome to the third installment in the Graduation Soundtrack 2009! :-) This week's song is (and I apologize for the video with videos of random people's kids. . .but YouTube videos of this song are hard to come by). . .



Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

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
Somewhere over the rainbow
Blue birds fly
And the dreams that you dreamed of
Dreams really do come true
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 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?

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

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?

Graduation Soundtrack:

4. Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Israel Kamakawiwo'ole)
5. Whenever You Remember (Carrie Underwood)
6. My! My! Time Flies! (Enya)

. . .and as always, stay tuned for more. Don't you wonder what song is going to be playing when the graduates (myself included!) leave the stage?!

2 comments:

  1. Love this song!!! Wish your blog wasn't prviate so I'd know when you update!! Will just have to check more often eh?! lol

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  2. Yep yep. :) More incentive to check. :) I keep it private only so I feel safer in posting stuff. :)

    Doesn't it tell you when I've updated when you are a follower? I thought for sure it did. . .but maybe that explains why there are some blogs I follow that it never tells me have been updated (like Joanna's blog)! :)

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