You can't make rainbows underwater
Only rainbows in the air
But there's rainbows swimming just below the surface
The rainbows got mixed up with fish down there

Rainbow fish oh rainbow fish
Shine oh shine for us oh rainbow fish

Rainbows form when light refracts
Through water droplets in the air
All the droplets get joined up in the river
So all the rainbows we can see down there
In amongst the weeds
Are on the scales of rainbow fish
That shine for you and me

Rainbow fish oh rainbow fish
Will you grant us just one wish?
Rainbow fish oh rainbow fish
Shine oh shine for us oh rainbow fish

Cos you can't make rainbows underwater
But that don't mean they are not there
The rainbows are all swimming just below the surface
The rainbows got painted on fish down there

Rainbow fish oh rainbow fish
Shine oh shine for us oh rainbow fish
Rainbow fish oh rainbow fish
Shine oh shine for us oh rainbow fish

You can't make rainbows underwater
Only rainbows in the air
But there's rainbows swimming just below the surface
On all the rainbow fish down there
On all the rainbow fish down there

© Claudia Robin Gunn