I've heard rumors, I've seen signs
Of a sweet by and by
And a road you can travel
Strewn with rubies large as apples

It could be mine if I dared
It's a wide, wide world out there
It's a wide, wide world out there

Like a sparrow on a line
Whose young wings should be flyin’
Or a ship that has long lost its way

Can I make it there someday?
It's a wide, wide world they say
It's a wide, wide world they say

And if I meet you there
Then I'll know that we dared
Open our hearts in the end

Open our hearts in the end
It's a wide, wide world
It's a wide, wide world
It's a wide, wide world my friend