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