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 Hiding away in a heatwave, there 'Cause no-one's told her about you Go the whole wide world Go the whole wide world just to find her I'd 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, yeah! Why am I pining out in the rain down here Just tryin' to pick up a girl? Why are my eyes fillin' up with these lonely tears When there's girls all over the world? I should be lyin' on a tropical beach with her Caressing her warm brown skin Dead in a year, or maybe not quite We'll be sharing the same next-of-kin Go the whole wide world Go the whole wide world just to find her I'd go the whole wide world Go the whole wide world To find out where they hide her I'd go the whole wide world Go the whole wide world just to find her I'd go the whole wide world Go the whole wide world To find out where they hide her Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah! Aw, yeah Oh, yeah