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 ...