When this old world starts getting me down

And people are just too much for me to face

I climb way up to the top of the stairs

And all my cares just drift right into space

On the roof

It's peaceful as can be

And there the world below can't bother me

Let me tell you now

When I come home feeling tired and beat

I go up where the air is fresh and sweet

I get away from the hustling crowd

And all that rat-race noise down in the street

On the roof

The only place I know

Where you just have to wish to make it so

Up on the roof

At night the stars put on a show for free

And darling

You can share it all with me

I keep a-telling you

Right smack dab in the middle of town

I've found a paradise that's trouble proof

And if this world starts getting you down

There's room enough for two

Up on the roof

Up on the roof

Up on the roo-oo-oof

Up on the roof