Rainbow Connection

Rainbows...

Have you ever listened to the song Rainbow Connection? I just love it! Originally sung by Kermit the Frog, my favorite rendition is by Kenny Loggins (unfortunately, I couldn't find a youtube presentation of it or the full song elsewhere) followed closely by the then very young Lea Salonga's version with a near third by Sarah McLachlan. The lyrics are:

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.

Who said that every wish would be heard
and answered when wished on the morning star?
Somebody thought of that and someone believed it.
Look what it's done so far.
What's so amazing that keeps us star gazing
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.

Have you been half asleep and have you heard voices?
I've heard them calling my name.
Is this the sweet sound that called 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 supposed to be.
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection.
The lovers, the dreamers and me.

This song strikes such a resonant chord within me...

Another of my favorite "rainbow" songs is Rainbow People by the band Inanna (from here in Maine); when I have a few minutes, I'll copy down the lyrics - they're great!