I’ve never been to Athens and I’ve never been to Rome,
I’ve only beeneateneverhadheardkissedknownlearnedreadsailedseenspentstudiedwatched the Pyramids in picture books at home,
I’ve never beeneateneverhadheardkissedknownlearnedreadsailedseenspentstudiedwatched across the sea or been inside a plane,
I’ve always beeneateneverhadheardkissedknownlearnedreadsailedseenspentstudiedwatched my holidays in Brighton in the rain.

I've never beeneateneverhadheardkissedknownlearnedreadsailedseenspentstudiedwatched foreign food or drunk in a foreign bar,
I've never beeneateneverhadheardkissedknownlearnedreadsailedseenspentstudiedwatched a foreign girl or driven a foreign car,
I've never beeneateneverhadheardkissedknownlearnedreadsailedseenspentstudiedwatched to find my way in a country I don't know,
I've always beeneateneverhadheardkissedknownlearnedreadsailedseenspentstudiedwatched just where I am and where I'll never go.

I've beeneateneverhadheardkissedknownlearnedreadsailedseenspentstudiedwatched travel books by writers who have been to Pakistan,
I've beeneateneverhadheardkissedknownlearnedreadsailedseenspentstudiedwatched people telling stories of adventures in Iran,
I've beeneateneverhadheardkissedknownlearnedreadsailedseenspentstudiedwatched TV documentaries about China and Brazil,
But I've never beeneateneverhadheardkissedknownlearnedreadsailedseenspentstudiedwatched abroad myself; it's making me feel ill.

I've beeneateneverhadheardkissedknownlearnedreadsailedseenspentstudiedwatched several languages like Hindi and Malay,
I've beeneateneverhadheardkissedknownlearnedreadsailedseenspentstudiedwatched lots of useful sentences I've never been able to say,
The furthest place I've beeneateneverhadheardkissedknownlearnedreadsailedseenspentstudiedwatched been was to the Isle of Man
And that was full of tourists from Jamaica and Japan.