Up On the Roof

1 October 2025

Up On the Roof

by Gerry Goffin and Carole King;

Changes by Debra Milligan

When this old world

starts getting me down

And people are 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

Up on the roof

I get away from the

hustling crowds

And all that rat race noise

down in the street

Up on the roof

On the roof’s the only place

I know

Where all ya gotta do

is wish

to make it so

And so,

Let’s go up on the roof,

Up on the roof.

At night

the stars put on a show

for free.

And, do you know,

You can share it all with me.

I’m telling you

Right smack dab

in the middle of town

I found a paradise

that’s trouble-free

Up on the roof.

When this old world

starts getting you down

There’s room enough

for two up on the roof.

There’s room just there,

my honey bee,

where all the air

Is fresh and sweet

Up on the roof

Up on that roof,

We’ll be in a paradise

that’s trouble-trouble-trouble

trouble proof.