Faraway places with strange sounding names Far away over the sea Those faraway places with the strange sounding names Are callin', callin' me I'm going to China or maybe Saigon I wanna see for myself The most faraway places I've been reading about In a book that I took from a shelf I start getting 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 burnin' to see The most faraway places With the strange sounding names Callin', callin' me ♪ I start getting 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 burnin' to see The most faraway places With the strange sounding names Callin', callin' Callin', callin' Callin', callin' me