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