Around the World
Sam Cooke Lyrics


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Around the world I searched for you
I traveled on but hope was gone
To keep a rendezvous

I knew sometime, some place, some how
You'd look at me, and I would see the smile
You're smiling now
It might have been in
Or in New York, or in Paris, or even London town
No longer will I go all around the world
For I've found my world in you

Around the world I searched for you
I traveled on but hope was gone
To keep a rendezvous

I knew somewhere, some time, some how
You'd look at me, and I would see the smile
You're smiling now

It might have been in
Or in New York, or in Paris, or even London town
No longer will I go all around the world




For I've found my world in you
I've found my world, found my world in you

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Sam Cooke's song "Around the World" describes the search for true love and the endless search that ends with finding the perfect person to share life with. The singer begins the song by describing the tedious quest that they embarked on to find their soulmate. Despite the challenges and the time that has passed, they refused to give up on finding that special someone. However, as time went on, they began to lose hope and the thought of finding someone to share their life with became bleak, but they never lost faith.


The chorus of the song provides hope to people who are still searching for true love. The singer sings that they always knew, somehow, somewhere, and at some time, the perfect person would appear. And when they do, they will recognize them by the smile on their face, which will light up their world, and the cycling journey of searching for love will come to an end.


The third stanza lists the places where the singer searched for love, which symbolizes the vast universe that encompasses the search for love. The last line of this verse is the climax and conclusion of the song, stating that they have finally found their world in that special someone. The song ends with a repetition of the last line emphasizing the idea that finding that special someone brings the search for love to an end.


Line by Line Meaning

Around the world I searched for you
I have been looking for you everywhere in the world


I traveled on but hope was gone
I kept searching, but I lost hope along the way


To keep a rendezvous
Hoping that we would finally meet each other


I knew sometime, some place, some how
I was confident that eventually, I would find you


You'd look at me, and I would see the smile
And when I found you, I would see that you were happy to see me too


You're smiling now
I have finally found you, and you are smiling at me


It might have been in
I considered various cities as potential locations


Or in New York, or in Paris, or even London town
I was looking for you in these specific cities


No longer will I go all around the world
Now that I have found you, I don't need to search the whole world anymore


For I've found my world in you
You are everything I have been looking for, and I don't need anything else


I've found my world, found my world in you
You have become my entire world since I found you




Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Spirit Music Group, Downtown Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Harold Adamson, Victor Young

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Comments from YouTube:

stephen o'donnell

It’s such a beautiful romantic song

SPREAD LOVE

Lovely

memoOfJacoboArbenzJuanArevaloN MohammadMossadeghLLJ

finally found it...simply nice.

KATHYY4

Aww... marvelous...

Moses

This is a different version than the one available on streaming sites/official album release. Very subtle but noticeable. Possibly a single release?

stephen o'donnell

Yes, definitely, it’s slower. But still beautiful 😎

Xanderbuil007

Sounds like winnie the pooh

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