When this old world starts getting me down/And people are just too much for me to face (Up on the roof)/I climb way up to the top of the stairs/And all my cares just drift right into space (Up on the roof)
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 you just have to wish to make it so/Let’s go up on the roof (Up on the roof)
At night, the stars put on a show for free/And, darling, you can share it all with me/I keep-a tellin’ you
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 enough for two up on the roof (Up on the roof)
Up on the roof (Up on the roof)/Oh, come on, baby (Up on the roof)/Oh, come on, honey (Up on the roof)/Everything is all right (Up on the roof)
Daghang version kining maong kanta. Ang mosulod dayon sa akong hunahuna mao ang kang James Taylor. Ang unang version niani mao ang kang Carole King. Si King ug ang iyang bana nga si Gerry Goffin maoy ga mugna ning maong kanta. Niadto lang usang adlaw mipanaw si Goffin sa pangidaron nga 70 anyos. Ang ilang mga kanta ma up-tempo man o hinay daw may kalabutan sa pag-inusara ug sa kamingaw ug paghandom. Daghang mga inila nga recording artist ang mi cover sa ilang compositions sama sa The Beatles, The Platters, Marvin Gaye, Bryan Ferry, Tina Turner, Kylie Minogue, Dusty Springfield, Hermans Hermits, The Motel, Hole, Donny Osmond ug Billy Joel. Si Goffin ug King uban kang Paul Simon, Neil Diamond ug pipila ka singer song writers nga ila ra sang kaila maoy ni define sa mainstream pop sa dekada 60 ug 70.
Mga estudyante pa si Goffin ug King sa New York pagka 1959 dihang ga-minyo sila. Ga divorce sila pagka 1968. Usa sa gi-ingong hinungdan sa ilang pagbuwag mao nga nalisuan og pangisip si Goffin human siya mosulay pag gamit og heroin.
Dihang naka recover na si Goffin nipadayon siya pagsuwat og mga kanta pero daw R n’ B na ang dagan sa iyang mga composition. Nalakip nianing maong mga kanta ang “Saving All My Love for You” (Whitney Houston), “Do You Know Where You’re Going to” (Diana Ross) ug “Miss You Like Crazy” (Natalie Cole).
Dunay kapin sa 50 ka top 40 hits si Goffin. Matud pa ni King kang Goffin –“His words expressed what so many people were feeling but didn’t know how to say.”