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,
  go the whole wide world just to find her.
  
  Or maybe she's in the Bahamas
  where the Caribean Sea is blue,
  Weeping in the tropical moonlit night
  because nobody's talking about you.
  
  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.
  I'd go the whole wide world,
  go the whole wide world just to find her
  
  Why am I hanging around in the rain right here,
  Trying to pick up a girl,
  Why are my eyes filling up with these lonely tears
  When there's girls all over the world.
  Is she lying on a tropical beach somewhere
  Underneath a tropical sun?
  Pining a way in a heat wave there,
  hoping that I won't be long.
  I should be lying on that sun swept 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,
  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.
  Yeah!
  
  Whole wide world
  Whole wide world