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 Tahiti 

I'd go the whole wide world 
I'd go the whole wide world 
Just to find her 

Or maybe she's in the Bahamas 
Where the Carribean sea is blue 
Weeping in a tropical moonlit night 
Because nobody's told her 'bout you 

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 
Find out where they hide her 

Why am I hanging around in the rain out here 
Trying to pick up a girl 
Why are my eyes filling up with these lonely tears 
When there're girls all over the world 

Is she lying on a tropical beach somewhere 
Underneath the tropical sun 
Pining away in a heatwave there 
Hoping that I won't be long 

I should be lying on that sun-soaked beach with her 
Caressing her warm brown skin 
And then in a year or maybe not quite 
We'll be sharing the same next of kin 

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 
Find out where they hide her