I've been all around this great big world To Paris and to Rome And I've never found a place that I Could really call my own But there's one place where I know The sun is shining endlessly And it's calling me across the sea So I must get back to San Bernadino I remember when I was sixteen My daddy said to me "You could travel round this universe "Until eternity, "But you'll never find that peace of mind "That you've been dreamin' of, "Not until you finally decide "To come on home to San Bernadino." Chorus: Oh, I'm longin' for San Bernadino Oh, I'm longin' for San Bernadino I've been all along the water Right up to the Rio Grande And I've never found that paradise They call the promised land I was young and foolishly I thought the world was at my feet But I'm no different now and so* I'm homeward bound for San Bernadino Well I'm older and I'm wiser And I've seen the light of day And I think it's time to realise My dreams have gone astray But I tried so hard to reach that star That was so far away So now I gotta find that road That's leading home to San Bernadino Oh, I'm longin' for San Bernadino Oh, I'm longin' for San Bernadino * Alternative line has been featured in some recordings: But I know different now and so