Whole Wide World

When I was a young boy, my mama said to me
there's only one girl in the world for you - she probably lives in Tahiti
Go the whole wide world, go the whole wide world, just to find her
Or maybe she's in the Bahamas where the Caribbean sea is blue
pining away in a heatwave there - 'cause no one's told her 'bout you
Go the whole wide world, go the whole wide world just to find her
I go the whole wide world, go the whole wide world
to find out where they hide her, go the whole wide world
go the whole wide world just to find her - oh yes
Why am I lyin' out in the rain down here, just trying to pick up a girl
Why are my eyes filling up with these lonely tears,
when there's girls all over the world
I should be lying on a tropical beach with her,
caressing her warm brown skin
Then in a year, or maybe not quite, be sharing the same next of kin
I go the whole wide world, go the whole wide world just to find her
I go the whole wide world, go the whole wide world
to find out where they hide her
I go the whole wide world, go the whole wide world just to find her
I go the whole wide world, go the whole wide world
to find out where they hide her - oh yes