Somewhere

Written for: Shangri-La (1956)
Lyric: Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1956
Original publisher: Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc.

Chorus 1:

Somewhere, a light is burning,
A light to guide us
On this road of no returning;
But it is night here,
There is no light here;
And in the darkness,
Who can choose which way is right here?
Where am I going?
When will I hear a voice
That answers when I say,
"Is this the way to Somewhere?"
I must find somewhere,
How did I come to be so lost
And so alone here?
Unknown here?
Unloved here?
Where can I go now?
My star is low now,
I only know now,
That somewhere,
Somehow and somewhere,
I'll find my way.

Chorus 2 (optional):

Somewhere, a light is burning,
A light to guide us
On this road of no returning;
But it is night here,
There is no light here;
And in the darkness,
Who can choose which way is right here?
Where am I going?
When will I hear a voice
That answers when I say,
"Is this the way to Somewhere?"
I must find somewhere,
How did I come to be so lost
And so alone here?
Unknown here?
Unloved here?
Where can I go now?
My star is low now,
I only know now,
That somewhere,
Somehow and somewhere,
I'll find my love.

Chorus 3 (optional):

Somewhere, a light is burning,
A light to guide us
On this road of no returning;
There must be someone,
Someone to show me;
Someone to lead me
Out of nowhere into somewhere.
Where all is peaceful,
So, won't somebody kindly
Answer when I say,
"Is this the way to Somewhere?"
I must find somewhere,
How did I come to be so lost
And so alone here?
Unknown here?
Unloved here?
Where can I go now?
My star is low now,
I only know now,
That somewhere,
Somehow and somewhere,
I'll find my way.

Chorus 4 (optional):

Somewhere, it must be somewhere,
A road that's leading
Into somewhere out of nowhere;
The stars are strange here,
They seem to change here;
I don't know where I am
Or where I'm going from here.
Why have I come here?
There must be someone
Who will hear me when I say,
"Is this the way to Somewhere?"
How far is Somewhere?
How did I come to be so lost
And so alone here?
Unknown here?
Unloved here?
Where can I go now?
My star is low now,
I only know now,
That somewhere,
Somehow and somewhere,
I'll find my way.

Chorus 5 (reprise):

Somewhere, it must be somewhere,
A road that's leading
Into somewhere out of nowhere;
And I must go there,
Why have I come here?
I don't know where I am
Or where I'm going from here.
Will I find someone?
There must be someone
Who will hear me when I say,
"Is this the way to Somewhere?
How far is Somewhere?"
How did I come to be so lost
And so alone here?
Unknown here?
Unloved here?
It's so unreal here,
And yet I feel here,
The doubt will heal here,
And somewhere,
Somehow and somewhere,
I'll find my love.