Paul Williams 1978
Kenneth Ascher
Jim Henson told them that the opening scene should feature Kermit the Frog by himself, singing and playing the banjo. Williams and Ascher wrote most of the song fairly quickly at Williams’s house but got stuck trying to think of appropriate words for the part in the chorus that eventually became the phrase “the rainbow connection”; they were looking for a way to tie in the chorus to the song’s theme of rainbows.
Rainbow Connection by Kermit the Frog from The Muppet Movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS3Lkc6Gzlk
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 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 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