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==Lyrics==
When I was a young boy<br>
My mama said to me<br>
There's only one girl in the world for you<br>
And she probably lives in Tahiti<br>
<br>
I'd go the whole wide world<br>
I'd go the whole wide world<br>
Just to find her<br>
<br>
Or maybe she's in the Bahamas<br>
Where the Carribean sea is blue<br>
Weeping in a tropical moonlit night<br>
Because nobody's told her 'bout you<br>
<br>
I'd go the whole wide world<br>
I'd go the whole wide world<br>
Just to find her<br>
I'd go the whole wide world<br>
I'd go the whole wide world<br>
Find out where they hide her<br>
<br>
Why am I hanging around in the rain out here<br>
Trying to pick up a girl<br>
Why are my eyes filling up with these lonely tears<br>
When there're girls all over the world<br>
<br>
Is she lying on a tropical beach somewhere<br>
Underneath the tropical sun<br>
Pining away in a heatwave there<br>
Hoping that I won't be long<br>
<br>
I should be lying on that sun-soaked beach with her<br>
Caressing her warm brown skin<br>
And then in a year or maybe not quite<br>
We'll be sharing the same next of kin<br>
<br>
I'd go the whole wide world<br>
I'd go the whole wide world<br>
Just to find her<br>
I'd go the whole wide world<br>
I'd go the whole wide world<br>
Find out where they hide her<br>


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==Credits==
|lyrics = {{Whole Wide World}}
* Written by: '''[[Wreckless Eric|Eric Goulden]]''' (aka [[Wreckless Eric]])
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==Performances==
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This song is '''unreleased''' by Elvis Costello, but he performed it in concert in [[Gigography 1977|1977]].


==Recordings==
{{song credits
* '''[[Wreckless Eric]]''', A-side of single, [[1977]] and on '''Wreckless Eric''', [[1978]]
|title = Whole Wide World (unreleased cover)
* [[The Monkees]], [[1986]]
|writer = [[Wreckless Eric|Eric Goulden]]
* [[Mental As Anything]], [[1995]]
|performer  = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Attractions]]
* [[Bill Lloyd]], [[The Stiff Generation]], [[2002]]
}}<br>
==Bootlegs==
* '''[[Bootleg: Get Emotional|Get Emotional]]''' ([[Concert 1977-10-22 Leicester|1977-10-22 Leicester]])


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|first = [[Concert 1977-10-21 Salford (late)|October 21, 1977, Salford, England]]
|last  = [[Concert 1977-10-22 Leicester|October 22, 1977, Leicester, England]]
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==Internal links==  
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| year = 1977
| band = '''[[Wreckless Eric]]'''
| info = A-side of single, and on ''Wreckless Eric'', 1978
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| year = 1986
| band = [[The Monkees]]
| info =  
| link = }}
 
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| year = 1995
| band = [[Mental As Anything]]
| info =
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| year = 2002
| band = Bill Lloyd
| info = ''[[The Stiff Generation]]''
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==[[Special:WhatLinksHere/Whole Wide World|Internal links]]==
*[[Template:Whole Wide World|Lyrics]]


==External links==  
==External links==
* [http://www.wrecklesseric.com/whole_wide_world.htm WrecklessEric.com]
* [http://www.wrecklesseric.com/whole_wide_world.htm WrecklessEric.com]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(I%27d_Go_The)_Whole_Wide_World Wikipedia]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(I%27d_Go_The)_Whole_Wide_World Wikipedia]
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Revision as of 03:23, 30 October 2011

When I was a young boy
My mama said to me
There's only one girl in the world for you
And she probably lives in Tahiti

I'd go the whole wide world
I'd go the whole wide world
Just to find her

Or maybe she's in the Bahamas
Where the Carribean sea is blue
Weeping in a tropical moonlit night
Because nobody's told her 'bout you

I'd go the whole wide world
I'd go the whole wide world
Just to find her
I'd go the whole wide world
I'd go the whole wide world
Find out where they hide her

Why am I hanging around in the rain out here
Trying to pick up a girl
Why are my eyes filling up with these lonely tears
When there're girls all over the world

Is she lying on a tropical beach somewhere
Underneath the tropical sun
Pining away in a heatwave there
Hoping that I won't be long

I should be lying on that sun-soaked beach with her
Caressing her warm brown skin
And then in a year or maybe not quite
We'll be sharing the same next of kin

I'd go the whole wide world
I'd go the whole wide world
Just to find her
I'd go the whole wide world
I'd go the whole wide world
Find out where they hide her

Whole Wide World (unreleased cover)
Written byEric Goulden
Performed byElvis Costello & The Attractions

First known performance:
October 21, 1977, Salford, England
Last known performance:
October 22, 1977, Leicester, England
     (2 known performances)


Category:Unreleased covers1999-00-00 live.jpg


Recordings by other artists

 Artist  Year  Release  Links
Wreckless Eric  1977  A-side of single, and on Wreckless Eric, 1978
The Monkees  1986
Mental As Anything  1995
 Bill Lloyd  2002 The Stiff Generation

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