Lyrics

Halfway around the world

The first time was not quite the charm that I thought it would look like,
but I’m speaking only for me.
A good-looking gal was a friend of a friend; we shared a good laugh and a
Love for the sea.

She knew what she wanted, to live out her life.
A comfortable home, a social soiree’.
I might have gone there, but I wasn’t sure.
And when she found out I guess she couldn’t stay.

I----
Went through the heartbreak, the cold and the gin,
I-----
And when I get out this hole that I’m in – I’m goin’

Half way around the world,
To find someone who’s never heard of this place.
Half way around the world,
across the Equator, or over the Straits.

Half way around the world,
To find a good woman who’ll love me for me.
Half way around the world,
And love her because she is who she would be.

Some where below all the fluff and the show,
I’m just like the same old guy that is me.
Whether I’ve conquered a country, or cold,
And that’s whom I’d like my good woman to see.

I----‘ll
Cross a great mountain, swim half a sea.
I---‘ll
Know what she’ll look like, right when I see her…

Halfway around the world,
Down on my knees, I’ll stare in her eyes,
Half way around the world,
And since she don’t know me, won’t she be surprised. (repeat 2nd half, above)

Half way around the world,
To find a good woman who’ll love me for me.
Half way around the world,
And love her because she is who she would be.