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Lyr Req: The Rainbow Connection

10 Oct 00 - 09:30 PM (#315899)
Subject: The rainbow connection
From: GUEST,Sarah

Hi. I know this isn't exactly folk music...but does anyone have all the words to "The Rainbow Connection"..you know, the one Kermit sings? I've hunted but can't find anything.

10 Oct 00 - 09:36 PM (#315904)
Subject: ADD: The Rainbow Connection (Muppets)
From: Joe Offer

Let's see if this works. I stole it from here (click), which has a MIDI. Song is By Paul Williams and Kenneth L. Ascher 1979 from The Muppet Movie. Click here for more.
-Joe Offer-

Rainbow Connection

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 chose to believe it
But I know they're wrong wait and see

Someday we'll find it
The Rainbow Connection
The lovers, the dreamers...and me

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 star gazing
What do we think we might see

Someday we'll find it
That Rainbow Connection
The lovers, the dreamers...and me.

Have you been half asleep
And have you heard voices
I've heard them calling my name
Are these the sweet sounds
That called the young sailors
I think they're one and the same
I've heard it too many times to ignore it
There's something that I'm supposed to be

Someday we'll find it
The Rainbow Connection
The lovers, the dreamers...and me.

10 Oct 00 - 09:45 PM (#315907)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: Peter T.

Totally hilarious, Joe. I assume the 6 minutes was taken up with all the painting... yours, Peter T.

10 Oct 00 - 09:54 PM (#315923)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: Joe Offer

No, Peter, it took me 6 minutes to remove grammatical errors from the lyrics, which I stole from another site...

10 Oct 00 - 09:56 PM (#315926)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: Rich(bodhránai gan ciall)

My that was quick! I thought Áine had been quick the other day at an hour and 4 minutes, but six minutes and in color!

Rich

10 Oct 00 - 09:59 PM (#315927)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: catspaw49

Actually, I think the record is 3 minutes, except for a cheatin' thing once where somebody answered their own question in the next minute.

Spaw

10 Oct 00 - 10:11 PM (#315942)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: Peter T.

If my memory serves me correctly (thank you memory, you may have Thursday off this week), the record is 2 minutes and 14 seconds for an offsite answer, and is Joe's. yours, Peter T.

10 Oct 00 - 10:25 PM (#315953)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: Rich(bodhránai gan ciall)

Does that make this a new record then? And does he get extra credit, or possibly a time reduction for all the pretty colors?

Rich

10 Oct 00 - 10:36 PM (#315960)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: WyoWoman

Thith ith tho thweet.

Thank you, Jothepth.

10 Oct 00 - 10:38 PM (#315964)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: WyoWoman

But wait!!! I forgot to ask. I've always wanted the lyrics to "It's Not Easy Being Green."

I like sage and forest and lime, Joe ...

10 Oct 00 - 11:16 PM (#315998)
Subject: ADD: It's Not Easy Being Green
From: Joe Offer

The record is two minutes for a reply with a clickable link - a tie between Jeri and Pene Azul. Slow Joes' best time is three minutes, and that was long ago.
What was that you asked for, Wyo?
-Joe Offer-

"It's Not Easy Being Green"
(Kermit the Frog)
©1970 Jonico Music, Inc.

It's not that easy being green;
Having to spend each day the color of the leaves.
When I think it could be nicer being red, or yellow or gold-
or something much more colorful like that.

It's not easy being green.
It seems you blend in with so many other ordinary things.
And people tend to pass you over 'cause you're not standing out
like flashy sparkles in the water - or stars in the sky.

But green's the color of Spring.
And green can be cool and friendly-like.
And green can be big like an ocean, or important like a
mountain, or tall
like a tree.

When green is all there is to be
It could make you wonder why, but why wonder why?
Wonder, I am green and it'll do fine, it's beautiful!
And I think it's what I want to be.

(lyrics by Joe Rapposo)

More Muppets Lyrics Here (click)

11 Oct 00 - 12:35 AM (#316056)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: mrs_zezam

"I'm in Love with a Big Blue Frog"
Mrs. Z

11 Oct 00 - 01:54 AM (#316074)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: WyoWoman

Oh, Joe. You're mah hee-roe.

11 Oct 00 - 02:39 AM (#316092)
Subject: I'm In Love With a Big Blue Frog
From: Joe Offer

I'M IN LOVE WITH A BIG BLUE FROG
Leslie Braunstein- Pepamar Music Corp.- ASCAP

I'm in love with a big blue frog,
A big blue frog loves me.
It's not as bad as it appears
He wears glasses and he's six foot three.

Well I'm not worried about our kids,
I know they'll turn out neat.
They'll be great lookin' 'cause they'll have my face,
great swimmers 'cause they'll have his feet!

Well I'm in love with a big blue frog,
A big blue frog loves me.
He's not as bad as he appears,
He's got rhythm and a PhD.

Well I know we can make things work
He's got good fam'ly sense.
His mother was a frog from Philadelphia
His daddy an enchanted prince.

The neighbors are against it and it's clear to me
And it's prob'ly clear to you
They think value on their property will go right down
If the family next door is blue.

Well I'm in love with a big blue frog
A big blue frog loves me
I've got it tattooed on my chest
It says P.H.R.O.G. (It's frog to me!)
P.H.R.O.G.

11 Oct 00 - 08:29 AM (#316142)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: mrs_zezam

This is fun!!

11 Oct 00 - 08:36 AM (#316147)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: catspaw49

All this is child's play to one of Mr. Offer's prodigious skills.......So Joe, got anything "Itsy,Bitsy,Teenie,Weenie,Yellow,Polka Dot,Bikini?"

Spaw

11 Oct 00 - 09:28 AM (#316187)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: A Wandering Minstrel

Joe,

That was amazing and all in colour! I shall add these to my repertoire at once

You've made a happy man very old :-)

11 Oct 00 - 09:34 AM (#316191)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: Mary in Kentucky

Offensive HTML deleted (chortle...)
-Joe O-

11 Oct 00 - 09:48 AM (#316202)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: Mary in Kentucky

If this doesn't work. I'm heading over to the HTML thread!

ITSY BITSY TEENIE WEENIE YELLOW POLKADOT BIKINI

She was afraid to come out of the locker
She was as nervous as she could be
She was afraid to come out of the locker
She was afraid that somebody would see
(Two, three, four, tell the people what she wore)

It was an itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polkadot bikini
That she wore for the first time today
An itsy teenie weenie yellow polkadot bikini
So in the locker she wanted to stay

She was afraid to come out in the open
And so a blanket around her she wore
She was afraid to come out in the open
And so she sat bundled up on the shore
(Two, three, four, tell the people what she wore)

It was an itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polkadot bikini
That she wore for the first time today
An itsy teenie weenie yellow polkadot bikini
So in the blanket she wanted to stay
(Two, three, four, stick around we'll tell you more)

Now she's afraid to come out of the water
And I wonder what she's gonna do
Now she's afraid to come out of the water
And the poor little girls turning blue
(Two, three, four, tell the people what she wore)

It was an itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polkadot bikini
That she wore for the first time today
An itsy teenie weenie yellow polkadot bikini
So in the water she wanted to stay

From the locker to the blanket
From the blanket to the shore
From the shore to the water
Guess there isn't any more

11 Oct 00 - 11:47 AM (#316280)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: WyoWoman

Very good, Mary! Excellent work, all. Joe, that was one of my kids' favorite songs -- probably because I sang it with such fervor!

Now, how about "Rhymes with Orange"?

11 Oct 00 - 11:53 AM (#316284)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: Mary in Kentucky

WW, is this a setup? Did I read somewhere that there are no words in the English language that rhyme with orange? But I'm sure the Cats can come up with something...

12 Oct 00 - 04:15 AM (#317039)
Subject: What Rhymes With Orange?
From: Joe Offer

In an episode of the old children's TV show H. R. Pufnstuf, the character Witchiepoo sang a song that went:

Oranges poranges, who says, oranges poranges,
who says, oranges poranges, who says--
there ain't no rhyme for oranges!

Orange

Which word rhymes with "orange"? I can't
Think of one within this rant.
The morning sun is orange, it's true,
But later has a yellow hue.
An orange is orange all the time,
But with it nothing else will rhyme.
Perhaps there's not another word.
Then these lines would be absurd.
Or maybe I've not found it yet;
But no one I have ever met
Knows of a word that rhymes with "orange"...
I guess my poem is done.

Dilemma

"What rhymes with 'Orange'?", the poet laments.
Only some syllables that don't make much scents.
Other citrus will offer no problem to rhyme,
Be they grapefruit or lemon or kumquat or lime.

And salads from radish and raisin and apple
Can be rhymed with the entree, Philadelphia Scrapple.
Dessert from the cart simply must be a tart
Or a pie ala mode that is served ala carte.

After dinner, the study, for snifters of brandy.
You may then tell the host that Cognac would be dandy.
But alas, there is nothing that rhymes with my orange,
So I'll just cut it up and mix it into my porrange.

Mark Mullen

Rhymes with Orange (comic strip - click)
http://www.rhymeswithorange.com/
What about "door hinge"?

12 Oct 00 - 07:13 AM (#317071)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: MudGuard

So strange?
Oh ranch?
MudGuard

12 Oct 00 - 09:08 AM (#317118)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: Peter T.

Anyone got a good rhyme for "nauseous"?
yours, Peter T.

12 Oct 00 - 09:14 AM (#317119)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: Mary in Kentucky

how about "Joe Offer" (chortle).

or "saw us"

12 Oct 00 - 10:35 AM (#317195)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: Jeri

I could not find a rhyme for orange
I gave up and closed the door and
Just felt very nauseous -
Next time I'll be cautious
To keep my hands out of the door hinge

The members in panel or in jury
The various rhymes for orange try.
They look for the one
Most complex, but fun
That still avoid lexical injury.
........I'll stop now.

12 Oct 00 - 10:47 AM (#317212)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: Peter T.

orange you just the best, Jeri! yours, Peter T.

12 Oct 00 - 11:16 AM (#317243)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: Jeri

Not really, Peter. I just don't have a lot of whatever it is that makes other people care about not making fools of themselves.

12 Oct 00 - 07:34 PM (#317628)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: Mrrzy

Got anything in purple? All I can come up with is Deep Purple, and they're a band, not a song...

12 Oct 00 - 07:45 PM (#317631)
Subject: Deep Purple
From: Joe Offer

Mrr, Shame on you! The band got their name from the song.
-Joe Offer-

DEEP PURPLE
(words by Mitchell Parish, music by Peter DeRose, 1934)

When the deep purple falls
Over sleepy garden walls.
And the stars begin to flicker in the sky
Through the mist of a memory,
You wander back to me.
Breathing my name with a sigh.

In the still of the night,
Once again I'll hold you tight
Though you're gone, your love lives on
When moonlight beams.
And as long as my heart will beat,
Lover, we'll always meet
Here in my deep purple dreams.

It was also recorded by Nino Tempo and April Stevens in the 1960's

Click to play

12 Oct 00 - 08:03 PM (#317651)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: rabbitrunning

Wasn't there a song with a line in it about a "red rubber ball"?

(After this we're going to have to start resorting to stuff like Maria Magenta...)

12 Oct 00 - 09:07 PM (#317696)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: Mary in Kentucky

RED RUBBER BALL
By Paul Simon

I should have known you'd bid me farewell
There's a lesson to be learned from this and I've learned it very well
Now I know you're not the only starfish in the sea
If I never hear your name again, it's all the same to me

And I think it's gonna be all right
Yeah, the worst is over now
The morning sun is shining like a red rubber ball

You never care for secrets I confide
To you, I'm just an ornament, something for your pride
Always running, never caring, that's the life you live
Stolen minutes of your time were all you had to give

And I think it's gonna be all right
Yeah, the worst is over now
The morning sun is shining like a red rubber ball

The story's in the past with nothing to recall
I've got my life to live, and I don't need you at all
The roller coaster ride we took is nearly at an end
I bought my tickets with my tears, that's all I'm gonna spend

And I think it's gonna be all right
Yeah, the worst is over now
The morning sun is shining like a red rubber ball

And I think it's gonna be all right
Yeah, the worst is over now
The morning sun is shining like a red rubber ball
It's bouncing and it's shining like a red rubber ball

12 Oct 00 - 09:11 PM (#317698)
Subject: ADD: Red Rubber Ball
From: Joe Offer

Red Rubber Ball
[Words and Music by Paul Simon (yes, THAT Paul Simon) and Bruce Woodley]

I should have known you'd bid me farewell
There's a lesson to be learned from this and I learned it very well
Now I know you're not the only starfish in the sea
If I never hear your name again, it's all the same to me

CHORUS
And I think it's gonna be all right
Yeah, the worst is over now
The mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball

You never care for secrets I confide
For you I'm just an ornament, somethin' for your pride
Always runnin', never carin', that's the life you live
Stolen minutes of your time were all ya had to give

CHORUS

The story's in the past with nothin' to recall
I've got my life to live and I don't need you at all
The roller-coaster ride we took is nearly at an end
I bought my ticket with my tears, that's all I'm gonna spend

CHORUS

Oh, oh, oh
I think it's gonna be all right
Yeah, the worst is over now
The mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball

- Artists: The Cyrkle
- peak Billboard position # 2 in 1966

Click to play Red Rubber Ball tacky MIDI

12 Oct 00 - 09:12 PM (#317700)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: Joe Offer

Damn. She beat me....

12 Oct 00 - 09:15 PM (#317704)
Subject: GOTCHA!
From: Mary in Kentucky

Your link to Red Rubber Ball is actually to Deep Purple!

12 Oct 00 - 09:19 PM (#317708)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: GUEST,Sheila

You are ALL winners in MY book!!! Sheila in NY

12 Oct 00 - 09:21 PM (#317709)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: Joe Offer

Never let a woman think you think you're better than she is, even if you don't think that.

Think about THAT, Mary!
(grin)
-Joe Offer-

12 Oct 00 - 09:27 PM (#317712)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: Mary in Kentucky

...what if you DO think that?

PS You were working while you should have been listening to Dave's concert!

12 Oct 00 - 09:32 PM (#317718)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: Joe Offer

Ah, but I was also cooking dinner, AND listening to Dave.
...and I fixed the MIDI link, so we can all enjoy "Fred Blubber Ball." Does it classify as bubblegum music, do ya think?
But you beat me, Mary, fair and square, and I respect that....
-Joe-

12 Oct 00 - 09:35 PM (#317722)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: Joe Offer

Oh, and dinner bombed. The hamburger helper sauce didn't get thick, so I had to add instant mashed potatoes. And during all that, I was trying to prepare to lead Bible Study tonight....
I guess I don't multitask very well.
Click for lotsa pop MIDIs
-Joe-

12 Oct 00 - 09:39 PM (#317727)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: Mary in Kentucky

I must confess...you beat me on Deep Purple, and mine didn't have the background, so I copied your HTML. But I did figure out how to center it. Now I need to go finish the chords for Look to the Rainbow, but I'm watching the Music Theory Question Thread to figure out what to do with that first chord.

12 Oct 00 - 09:44 PM (#317733)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: catspaw49

Christ Joe, I gotta' give you some cooking lessons.

AND ..... Since you're so damn smart Mr. Offer and a fan of H.R.PuffNStuff............Connect HR and Walt Disney in ONE move.

Spaw (easy one)

12 Oct 00 - 09:52 PM (#317740)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: Joe Offer

Hey, Spaw, all I know about PuffnStuff is what Google leads me to. My kids are 22,25, and 28 - and I don't think PuffnStuff was around when my kids were the proper age. I know all about Sesame Street, though.
What stuff were they puffin'??
-Joe-

12 Oct 00 - 09:57 PM (#317749)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: catspaw49

Anyone?

Spaw

13 Oct 00 - 12:03 PM (#318088)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: McGrath of Harlow

There was a department store in London founded by a Frederick Gorringe
-which rhymes with orange.

It was called Gorringes, which rhymes with oranges. So does "porringers".

A porringer is another name for a porridge bowl. As in Goldilocks.

13 Oct 00 - 08:16 PM (#318396)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: McGrath of Harlow

So are there any other words in the English language which are said to have no rhymes?

06 Oct 02 - 03:38 PM (#797767)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: GUEST,Genie

Back to The Rainbow Connection:
The lyrics you posted, Joe, left out the bridge. Here they are with the bridge and the author credits:
Also, I was looking for the chords at Mudcat but didnt' find them, so I looked at sheet music and other sources and derived this simplified version of the chords.
Genie

The Rainbow Connection Paul Williams and K. Ascher (As sung by Kermit The Frog in "The Muppet Movie")

D                       F#              G                      A
Why are there / so many / songs about / rainbows
            D                    Bm         G          A
And / what's on the / other / side? /        /
D                      F#*                G            A
Rainbows are / visions, but / only il- / lusions,
           D                       F#*                 G          A
And / rainbows have / nothing to / hide.   /     /
G                      Bm                          G                 Bm
So we've been / told, and some / choose to be- / lieve it. /
F#                      F#m
I know they're / wrong -- wait and / see. /      /
G                        A                    F#m                   B7
Someday we'll / find it, The / Rainbow Con- / nection,
            G                  A                     D
The / lovers, the / dreamers and / me.   /      /

D                         F#                         G                      A
Who said that / every wish would / be heard and / answered
                D                    Bm             G          A
When / wished on the / morning / star? /      /
D                    F#*                           G                    A
Somebody / thought of that / And someone be- / lieved it
           D                      F#*             G        A
And / look what it's / done so / far!   /       /
G                      Bm                    G                   Bm
What's so a- / mazing that / keeps us star / gazing   /
F#                    F#m
What do we / think we might / see?   /      /
G                        A                    F#m                   B7
Someday we'll / find it, The / Rainbow Con- / nection,
            G                  A                     D
The / lovers, the / dreamers and / me.   /      /

Bridge:
A D A G D A
All of us / under its / spell -- / We / know that it's / probably / magic. / /

D                         F#                        G                          A
Have you been / half asleep, And / have you heard / voices? /
D                          Bm               G             A
I've heard them / calling my / name.   /      /
D                      F#*                              G                        A
Are these the / sweet sounds That / called the young / sailors?   /
D                         F#*                   G        A
I think they're / one and the / same.   /     /
G                   Bm                G                 Bm
I've heard it / too many / times to ig- / nore it.
                F#                       F#m
There's / something that / I'm s'posed to / be.   /         /
G                        A                    F#m                   B7
Someday we'll / find it, The / Rainbow Con- / nection,
            G                  A                     D
The / lovers, the / dreamers and / me.

06 Oct 02 - 06:21 PM (#797859)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: Lanfranc

Love this thread, but please could someone help this lazy old sod out by posting the chords to "It isn't easy being green" - anytime before this time tomorrow will do!

Black and white will do, I suppose
But colour would be nice!
Orange on black's supposed to be
Restful on the eyes,
HTML is Wordstar for the
twenty-first century
But apart from the odd < br >
It's still all Greek to me!

Alan

07 Oct 02 - 05:18 AM (#798152)
Subject: RE: The rainbow connection
From: Nigel Parsons

With a little time gap from the original query!
Orange rhymes with lozenge

Nigel

07 Oct 02 - 05:54 AM (#798166)
Subject: The rainbow connection / Chords
From: Genie

Chord correction/modification on "Rainbow Connection:"

The song was originally written with a couple of major 7ths in it, and
Bm can be used instead of F# (in the chord pattern posted above), e.g.:

D
Bm
G
A

Why are there / so many / songs about / rainbows


D
Bm         G
A

And / what's on the / other / side? /
/

   D
Bm
G            A

Rainbows are / visions, but / only il- / lusions,


D
Bm
G          A

And / rainbows have / nothing to / hide.
/     /

Gmaj7

So we've been / told, and some / choose to be- /
lieve it. /

Amaj7

I know they're / wrong -- wait and / see. /
/

G
A
F#m
B(7 )

Someday we'll / find it, The / Rainbow Con-
/ nection,


G
A
D

The / lovers, the / dreamers and / me.