We tried L.A. - not always nice
Led way to Houston for my cap and gown from Rice
But Utah called…
Our paradise!
I've been all around the world!
Exotic places - exotic things
Where I once explored the Valley of the Kings
The pharaoh's tomb
And offerings
I've been all around the world!
Those Spanish girls - so underfed!
Every meal was just salami and some bread
"I'll have the green
Egg dish instead"
I've been all around the world!
With Russians and - a few Chinese
In Dos Hermanos, we all prayed for a breeze
Aboard the train
Bound for Cádiz!
I've been all around the world!
I sailed on through - the tightest span
Where Teddy furrowed a big stick across the land
Oh, Panama:
A man! A plan!
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East meets west - if you navigate
Where the Patagonian penguins come to mate
Magellan dared
To steer me “Strait”
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The midnight sun - held back the night
As we walked the decks in blankets wrapped up tight
The glaciers: blue
The snow fields: white
I've been all around the world!
Some might say - I sure took my time
They might list the mountain tops I never climbed
But I maintain
I did just fine
I've been all around the world!
Won a trip - to Bourbon Street
That cockroach po'boy looked 'bout good enough to eat
Gumbo's hot!
And beignets, sweet
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I saw the Sphinx - his dusty smile
I saw the pyramids along the river Nile
Oh, what a land!
Ruled by a child
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On cobblestones - we entertained
Cloggers boiled them cabbage down all over Spain
And on those plains,
No sign of rain!
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In gay Paree (Oui, oui!) - with just an hour
Never doubted in our tour guide's beaucoup power
We got as far (Ooh, la, la!)
As the Eiffel Tower
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By the banks - of the Iguazú
A sacrificial princess fled in her canoe
But then fell in,
And we did too
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Still perplexed -- at dynasties
That gave us: kites & noodles, gunpowder & tea…
But offered SQUAT
For poo and pee!
I've been all around the world!
I rode the range - in Dixie Land
I held the Virgin's ruddy waters in my hands
I've never been
Another place as grand
I've been all around the world!