Far away places With strange-soundin' names Far away over the sea Those far away places With a-strange-soundin' names Are callin', callin' me Go into 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 underway And look for those castles in Spain They call me a dreamer Well, maybe I am But I know that I'm burning to see Those far away places With a-strange-soundin' names Callin', callin' me