fabulous places

there are so many

fabulous faraway places to see

such as mexico

sweden

hawaii

japan and capri

there's so many

exciting and wonderful places

mountains and jungles and desert oases

pleasant as home is

it isn't what rome is. so why stay there. when there are so many

fabulous faraway places to see

why should spain and tahiti and rio

just be only names to you and me. i feel certain there're people

we'd be glad to know there

so tell me why don't we

get up and just go there

go to those fabulous places. where we long to be. like bangkok and hong kong and paris and venice

tokyo and cairo and lisbon and london

wonderful fabulous places

we're longin' to see. there are so many

simply incredible places to see

when i think of the warm caribbean

i see a new world for you and me

i'd give anything just to have

one single day there

and once we get there

i know that we'll stay there

stay in those fabulous places. where we long to be. like bangkok and hong kong and paris and venice

tokyo and cairo and lisbon and london

siam! sienna! vienna! verona!

java! jamaica! bombay! barcelona!

show me those fabulous. places. we're longin' to see.