Friendly Dragon [Clipart creation by Peter Crosskey]
“In the song rainbows are a metaphor for dreams, desires and wishes. These things are not illusions or visions but real tangible things and hide within them deep joy and contentment” – Benjamin Carlos
[Chorus]
I’ve heard it too many times to ignore it
It’s something that I’m supposed to be Someday we’ll find it
The rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me[Outro]
La-da-da-dee-da-da dum
Da-da-da-da-dee-da-da-doo
The Rainbow Connection was written by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher to be the first number in The Muppet Movie by Jim Henson. Williams describes it as “that down-home Americana comfort sound”.
It’s the one that establishes [Kermit as] the lead character. We find Kermit sitting in the middle of the swamp. Kenny Ascher and I sat down to write these songs, and we thought… Kermit is like ‘every frog.’ He’s the Jimmy Stewart of frogs. So how do we show that he’s a thinking frog, and that he has an introspective soul, and all that good stuff? We looked at his environment, and his environment is water and air… and light. And it just seemed like it would be a place where he would see a rainbow. But we also wanted to show that he would be on this spiritual path, examining life, and the meaning of life”
”This song of Kermit the Frog is a whimsical song with serious intent – just as this tale of the Friendly Dragon is a whimsical tale with serious intent” – RWS
