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's the only place I know
where you just have to wish to make it so.
Let me tell you now when I get home feeling tired and beat,
I go up where the air is fresh and sweet.
Get away from the hustling crowd and all
that rat race noise down in the street.
On the roof's the only place I know
where you just have to wish to make it so.
Let's go up on the roof.
Up on the roof.
Like the stars put on a show for free.
And darling you can share it all with me.
Let me tell you now that right smack dab in the middle of town,
I found a paradise that's
trouble proof.
Up on the roof.
And if this world starts getting you down,
there's room