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(v.1)

Far away places with strange-sounding names

Far away over the sea

 Those far away places with their strange-sounding names

 Are callin', callin' me.

(v.2)

Goin' to China, or maybe Siam

I want to see for myself

 Those far away places I've been reading about

 In a book that I took from the shelf.

(Bridge:)

 I start gettin' restless whenever I hear

 The whistle of a train.

 I pray for the day I can get underway

 And look for those castles in Spain.

(v.3)

 They call me a dreamer, well maybe I am

But I know that I'm yearnin' to see

 Those far away places with their strange-sounding names

 That are callin', callin' me.

(Repeat entire.)