@theprofessor,
I could pitch in a verse and talk about various different countries. As a matter of fact:
Going Places
[Verse 1]
India, Pakistan, Bhutan, Afghanistan
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan - I’m goin’ places
Turkey, Nigeria, Egypt, Siberia
Saudi Arabia - I’m goin’ places
Mauritius, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Australia
France and Romania - I’m goin’ places
Singapore, Bulgaria, Spain, Albania
Thailand, Slovenia - I’m goin’ places
Seychelles, Senegal, Portugal, Mexico
Monaco, Lebanon - I’m goin’ places
Zimbabwe, Guyana, Latvia, Botswana
Iran, Grenada - I’m goin’ places
Then off to Ghana, Cyprus, The Bahamas
Barbados, Nicaragua – I’m goin’ places
Morocco, Maldives, Jamaica, where they pull heat
In their ice cold streets – I’m goin’ places
[Hook]
Goin’ places
All these different places
All these different countries meetin’ all these different faces
‘Cause I (*been around the world and I, I, I*)
I can’t find a place to call my home sweet home
[x2]
[Verse 2]
Mongolia, New Zealand, Norway, Korea
Oman, Tanzania – I’m goin’ places
Trinidad, Tobago, soca wherever they go
Love to stay but they know – I’m goin’ places
Finland, Colombia, China, Estonia
Comoros, Cambodia – I’m goin’ places
Fiji, Hawaii, hula ‘til they die
In a tropical sky – my, I’m goin’ places
Finland, England; that’s my home country
My one and only – man, I’m goin’ places
Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia
Iraq, Macedonia – I’m goin’ lots of places
Dubai, Mauritania, Mali, Armenia
Austria, Croatia - I’m goin’ places
Russia, Libya, then down to Guatemala
Honduras and Rwanda – lots of nice places
[Hook]
[Verse 3]
In this verse, ain’t much to talk about
Let’s just chalk it out
An adventurous guy, that’s just what I’m all about
Crossin’ country after country, from place to place
Peepin’ skyscrapers and cities from state to state
I’ve been around the world and I ain’t found a gal for a partner
A lone explorer, international marauder
I travel alone, embrace the world without stallin’
Keep doin’ it until someone comes out callin’
Whether from Haiti, China or Sweden
This is a brilliant place, and I ain’t never leavin’
Gettin’ hot, feelin’ cold, steadily breathin’
Spittin’ on the pavement, Hawkin’ like Stephen {*hoch-spit*}
I’m David Attenborough, starin’ with binoculars
Just me and myself, and ain’t nobody stoppin’ us
So wherever I am, wherever I go
I’m gonna make friends with whoever I’ll know
While I’m goin’ places
[Hook]
Note: The bracketed hook sample is a line from "Been Around The World" by Lisa Stansfield