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Bahamas — Whole Wide World
Album: Pink Strat
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Released: 2009
Length: 2:32
Plays (last 30 days): 1
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When I was a young boy, my mama said to me
There's only one girl in the world for you
And she's probably in Tahiti
Or Maybe she's in the Bahamas
Where the Caribbean Sea is blue
We've been in a tropical moonlight night
'Cause nobody taught her 'bout you

I'd call go the whole wide world, I'd call go the whole wide world
Just to find her
I'd call go the whole wide world, I'd call go the whole wide world
To 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's girls all over the world
Is she lying on a tropical beach somewhere

Underneath the tropical sun
Pining away in a heat wave there
Hoping that I won't be long
I should be lying on that sun soaked beach with her
Caressing her warm brown skin
Then in a year or maybe not quite
We'll be sharing the same next of kin

I'd call go the whole wide world, I'd call go the whole wide world
Just to find her
I'd call go the whole wide world, I'd call go the whole wide world
To find out where they hide her
I'd call go the whole wide world, I'd call go the whole wide world
Just to find her
I'd call go the whole wide world, I'd call go the whole wide world
To find out where they hide her
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Bahamas is an amazing band. I have seen them 5 times in the last 5 years. Aifie is a great song writer, guitarist, singer and performer. More Bahamas on RP!
Posted 1 month ago by slugore    [ Reply ]
Thank you for the lyrics RP! 

I heard 'she's probably into ET' which made me look.  (Ahhh..."she's probably in Tahiti"!)
Posted 5 months ago by efloyd007    [ Reply ]
great choice of song to cover but I still prefer the original
Posted 5 months ago by frogtoad    [ Reply ]
I like this more each time I hear it..
Posted 7 months ago by kicking    [ Reply ]
bone-aching repetition...'I got a whole wide world' x 1000.  Unbearable.
Posted 9 months ago by liveaudio608    [ Reply ]
 springof63 wrote:

First time i've ever heard anyone cover Wreckless Eric!
I have the original single, and i'm not offended by this cover.



On hearing this cover again. I was thinking about the original single i have, and musing that it probably came as one of the 10 Single Stiff Box Set that i bought back in the late 70s. 
I wasn't sure, so i looked it up, and sure enough, yes it did. 
while i was at it i also discovered that Wreckless Eric is actually an Englishman. I always thought he was an Aussie. Funny 'ol game init? 
Posted 1 year ago by springof63    [ Reply ]
Probably not a great sign when hearing a cover just makes you want to hear the original instead. Seems like Reckless Eric would be a great fit on RP, so how about playing the original instead? 
Posted 1 year ago by Bopaboo1    [ Reply ]
 cc_rider wrote:
I guess I have not heard the original (?) I'll see if I can find it...
c.



Find it it's the best 
Posted 1 year ago by rayjay1359    [ Reply ]
First time i've ever heard anyone cover Wreckless Eric!
I have the original single, and i'm not offended by this cover.
Posted 1 year ago by springof63    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:

terrible, terrible cover of a great little rough post-punk 70s nugget some of us remember fondly




I personally like when a musician is so moved by a song he/she covers it.
Posted 1 year ago by itsme_bygolly    [ Reply ]
terrible, terrible cover of a great little rough post-punk 70s nugget some of us remember fondly
Posted 2 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
he's gonna be disappointed if he goes the whole wide world and finds out she's not on a sunsoaked beach but in a muddy hut in eastern Siberia.
Posted 2 years ago by lewisv66    [ Reply ]
His mugshot looks as disinterested as the music.  Not for me. Skip to Joe Strummer.  Result.
Posted 2 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:

This is more soporific than a bottle of Dreamy Sleepy Nighty Snoozy-snooze. Aural Mogadon 


If I send you some spon can you send me a bottle?  I'm badly in need of a good night's sleep.
Posted 2 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
This is more soporific than a bottle of Dreamy Sleepy Nighty Snoozy-snooze. Aural Mogadon 
Posted 2 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Posted 2 years ago by Johnny_Alpha    [ Reply ]
A bit flat. Not much of the wrecklessness left
Posted 2 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

I know Wreckless Eric is difficult for some people to listen to but this is an overcorrection.

I guess I have not heard the original (?) I'll see if I can find it...
c.

Posted 2 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

I know Wreckless Eric is difficult for some people to listen to but this is an overcorrection.


I rather like both versions!
Posted 2 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
I know Wreckless Eric is difficult for some people to listen to but this is an overcorrection.
Posted 3 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
A bit drone-y for these ears.  I guess unattachment is a style these days.  No one believe in passion any longer?
Posted 3 years ago by sfoster66    [ Reply ]
I like the song and I like to be the first reviewer. October, 2 2021.
Posted 3 years ago by nicknt    [ Reply ]