Under the Rainbow Sky — Adults picnic and play folk music beside a Merced canal beneath an immense luminous rainbow woven with botanical patterns

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Under the Rainbow Sky

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr. Listen to the recorded versions and follow the lyric below.

Original Doug Heyes lyrics · AI-generated music & vocals

Two lovers watch the hours pass beneath a changing sky, knowing that morning will bring another departure. A spire's shadow, a chiming bell and sunset make time almost visible. The narrator asks for closeness in the present and promises to return, even though he cannot say how long the separation will last.

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Recorded versions

3 recordings. Different voices and arrangements bring another side of the song into the light.

Lyrics

Under the Rainbow Sky

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr

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Under the Rainbow Sky

Shadow of a spire
Like a sundial marks the time
We can spend together
Like the tolling of a chime
Somewhere between forever
And the rhythm of a rhyme
The time goes flying by
Under the rainbow sky

If I could see eternity
I might know what to do
Times I wonder what I see
Or if it's even true
Sunset is a symphony
To make an angel cry
And still the time goes by
Under the Rainbow Sky

CHORUS:
Under the Rainbow Sky
Baby, please don’t cry
The time goes flying by
Under the Rainbow Sky

Come tomorrow morning
I must go away
Come on, little darling
Don’t let it slip away
Hold me in your arms
While the hours tick away
Another night goes by
Under the Rainbow Sky

When the night is over
And another morning dawns
When you look out your window
And I’m already gone
Baby I’ll come back to you
I hope it won’t be long
Another sad goodbye
Under the rainbow sky

Under the Rainbow Sky
Baby, please don't cry
The time goes flying by
Under the Rainbow Sky