Rainbow Connection

So, since it's not very likely that I am going to find any rainbows today, or very likely that I am going to get a group together to sing "Rainbow Connection" with me, I thought that I should share with the internet the different musical interpretations of the song. Sort of my own "Rainbow Connection" choir.

Here is the original that we all know and love, Kermit. Now we go into the variations: Willie Nelson, Sarah McLachlan, Kenny Loggins, The Dixie Chicks, The Carpenters, and Jason Mraz. There are lots more versions, (enough to make a whole CD or two) but, there is a limit to my boredom-inspired linking frenzy.

And if you want to sing along... (with Kermit, 'cause he's the only one that sings the whole song- all the rest of the links are just segments) here are the lyrics.

"The Rainbow Connection"
written by Kenny Ascher and Paul Williams

Why are there so many songs about rainbows
And what's on the other side?
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions,
And rainbows have nothing to hide.
So we've been told and some choose to believe it
I know they're wrong, wait and see.
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection,
The lovers, the dreamers and me.

(These next lines are my favorite)

Who said that every wish would be heard and answered
When wished on the morning star?
Somebody thought of that, and someone believed it,
And look what it's done so far.


What's so amazing that keeps us stargazing
And what do we think we might see?
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection,
The lovers, the dreamers, and me.

All of us under its spell,
We know that it's probably magic...

(these lines freaked me out as a kid)

... Have you been half asleep? And have you heard voices?
I've heard them calling my name.
... Is this the sweet sound that calls the young sailors?
The voice might be one and the same
I've heard it too many times to ignore it

It's something that I'm s'posed to be...
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection,
The lovers, the dreamers, and me.

Laa, da daa dee da daa daa,
La laa la la laa dee daa doo...