You know my name is Davey Sharp
It is from Salford City I have come.
I've been lookin' this world over
Some up and down races I have run.
Some days I get weary
And some days I can hardly do no wrong.
And as the good times are good
So the hard times are hard
And it's a wonder sometimes how I get along
Lookin' This World Over.

I left upon a cargo ship
And headed 'cross the great Atlantic Sea
With fourteen days of thunder rain
Ragin' so black I could not see.
I barely heard the captain say,
''Now, two days in America you'll be.''
But it's a long, long way
To San Francisco Bay
With the rollin' of the decks beneath your feet
Lookin' This World Over

High and Low
High and Low
Lookin' This World Over.

Up in the State of Colorado
I saw mountains high and valleys low and long.
And a blizzard wind that'll get you
No matter if you're weak or you are strong.
You know it sure is somethin'
Just to sit and watch that Colorado run.
As the water rolls through
To the mighty ocean blue
It's a shame if you should be movin' on
Lookin' This World Over.

Back in the town of Liverpool
I bought some whiskey my misery for to thaw.
Some folks said Davey Sharp
No more must you be travelin' so far.
They said Liverpool is full of fame and riches
But this meat I could not chaw.
I'm rich in what I know
I'm known by some I've seen
And I seed everything that I have ever sawed.
Lookin' This World Over.

And so I took me a good gal
She said, ''San Diego is gonna be the place for you.''
She had diamonds in her hair
And cried pretty tears of mornin' mountain dew.
I met her on a Friday
And by Saturday, well, she loved me the best.
And now many are the days
And many are the nights
That I remember how the stars look in the West.
Lookin' This World Over.

So it's farewell to you, Big Sir
Fare thee well, for New York City I am bound.
Five hundred miles of Texas
And ahead 1,000 miles of desert ground.
I swear before too long
I will return to the place I love the most.
Passed Mexico over the Ohio
Ridin' on that high road to the Coast.
Lookin' This World Over.