[Verse 1]
When I was a young boy
My mama said to me:
"There's only one girl in the world for you
And she probably lives in Tahit"
[Chorus]
I'd go the whole wide world
I'd go the whole wide world just to find her
[Verse 2]
Or maybe she's in the Bahamas
Where the Caribbean Sea is blue
Weeping in a tropical, moonlit night
Because nobody's talking about you
[Chorus]
I'd go the whole wide world
I'd go the whole wide world just to find her
I'd go the whole wide world
I'd go the whole wide world to find out where they hide her
I'd go the whole wide world
I'd go the whole wide world just to find her
[Verse 3]
Why am I hangin' around in the rain out here
Tryin' to pick up a girl?
Why are my eyes fillin' up with these lonely tears
When there's girls all over the world?
Or is she lyin' on a tropical beach somewhere
Underneath the tropical sun?
Hiding away in a heat-wave there
Hoping that I won't be long
I should be lyin' on that sun-lit beach with her
Caressing her warm, brown skin
And at the end of the year, or maybe not quite
We'll be sharing the same next-of-kin
[Chorus]
I'd go the whole wide world
I'd go the whole wide world, just to find her
I'd go the whole wide world
I'd go the whole wide world to find out where they hide her
I'd go the whole wide world
I'd go the whole wide world, just to find her
I'd go the whole wide world
I'd go the whole wide world to find out where they hide her3