Far away places, with strange soundin' names, 
far away over the sea . . . 
Those far away places, with the strange soundin' names, 
are callin', callin' me . . . 
Goin' to China or maybe Siam, 
I wanna see for myself . . . 
Those far away places, I've been readin' about, 
in a book that I took from a shelf . . . 
I start gettin' restless whenever I hear 
the whistle of a train . . . 
I pray for the day I can get under way 
and look for those castles in Spain! 
They call me a dreamer, well maybe I am, 
But I know that I'm burnin' to see 
Those far away places, with the strange soundin' names, 
Callin' . . . callin' . . . me . . .