Look To The Rainbow

by Dinah Washington

From the album: Dinah Sings Bessie Smith

Track 1 of 15 on Dinah Sings Bessie Smith (1958).

Duration: 2:48

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Lyrics for Look To The Rainbow

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 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. Follow the fellow, follow the fellow, Follow the fellow who follows a dream. 'Twas a sumptuous gift bequeathed to a child. Oh, the lure of that song Kept her feet running wild. For you never grow old and you never stand still With a whippoorwill singing beyond the next hill. So, I bundled me heart and I roamed the world free. To the east with the lark Tow the west with the sea. And I searched all the world and I scanned all the skies. But I found it at last in my own true love's eyes.

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More from Dinah Sings Bessie Smith

  1. Look To The Rainbow
  2. Ill Wind
  3. A Cottage For Sale
  4. All Of Me
  5. More Than You Know
  6. There'll Be Some Changes Made
  7. Goodbye
  8. Willow Weep For Me
  9. Make Me A Present Of You
  10. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
  11. I Could Have Told You
  12. Accent On Youth
  13. What Is This Thing Called Love
  14. The Show Must Go On
  15. Birth Of The Blues / I Don't Hurt Any More