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 . . .

Words and Music by Alex Kramer

and Joan Whitney, 1948