I hear a wind
Whistling air
Whispering
In my ear

Boy mercury shootin' through every degree
oh girl dancin' down those dirty and dusty trails
Take it hip to hip rocket through the wilderness
Around the world the trip begins with a kiss

CHORUS:
Roam if you want to
Roam around the world
Roam if you want to
Without wings, without wheels
Roam if you want to
Roam around the world
Roam if you want to
Without anything but the love we feel

Skip the air strip to the sunset, yeah
Ride the arrow to the target - one
Take it hip to hip rock it through the wilderness
Around the world the trip begins with a kiss

CHORUS

Fly the great big sky
See the great big sea
Kick through continents
Bustin' boundaries
Take it hip to hip rocket through the wilderness
Around the world the trip begins with a kiss

CHORUS

Take it hip to hip
Rocket through the wilderness (x8 - fade)
(go ahead and roam)



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Track duration: 04:07


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    General Comment:ŊʘmĄď MʘŊąĐ says:
    For me, the lyrics speak of absolute freedom. The journey IS the destination. Leaving the confines of striated space into utter transcendent LIBERTY. Room to move. Macro/microcosmic travel. An extended line of flight. The globe as terrestrial unity spinning toward extraterrestrial interconnection. And LOVE is the axis.

    (Now what y'all do in your bedrooms [referring to some of the "analyses" below] with your various appendages and orifices is none of my business...you don't need to tell me any more, thanks.)
    Flag NomadMonadon March 31, 2012   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:I remember this being the theme music to the Peace Corps. back in the day. Trying to get us dumbasses to join. What they don't tell ya is how many women are assaulted sexually and killed in the countries that you pay your own way to... :)
    Flag redshiftdazzleron December 22, 2011   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:Kate Pierson has that high soprano voice,it sounds like she's almost screaming like the back up singers
    for Lynard Skynard's "Sweet Home Alabama"...my ears is bleeding.
    Flag Thia007on November 30, 2011   Link
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    Song Meaning:tdnsexy1 is right.
    the word is "anilingus"
    great song from a daring band.
    Cindy Williams is one of the voices.
    Listen to her on "give me back my man" for a real treat !
    Flag diverdudeon June 04, 2011   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:warmPhase is dead on. Nice work. It should come as no surprise that the B-52's were a very sexually oriented band, but always done in a way that was subtle enough to slip past the censors but speak directly to those with a welcoming ear. The band has a history of lyrics with double entendre'd sexual innuendo.

    I love the song Roam, and not just for its incredible beat, exceptional vocals, and catchy tune. What is meant to seem like an innocent song about vacations is actually a very dirty one about stretching one's erotic permissiveness to the outer boundaries. I picked up on it the very first time I heard and had to smile thinking how many clueless Moms and Dads there are with teeny bopper kids bopping to it!

    Actually, one of the main lines in the song "around the world" is not that all that subliminal to those that know the naughty meaning to that phrase. For fear of being censored here, let's just say it involves the mouth of one partner and EVERY part of the nether regions of the other partner.

    The fact that it is cute and "makes you happy" when you hear it is testimony to the B-52's view that sex IS fun and the ultimate trip and adventure.
    Flag tdnsexy1on March 31, 2011   Link
  • +2
    General Comment:as usual, clever, capricious fun probably best not interpreted too deeply. Most of their songs only seem to be about life and joy; frequently sexual joy.

    case in point:

    - "Roam, if you want to..." a lovely and poetic invitation to explore anywhere one may like on the geography; the terrain of the physical body, visiting all it's best landmarks and leaving no stone unturned.
    - "Take it hip to hip... Rock it through the wilderness"
    My hat is _off_ to them now for starting so poetically and getting to this intent-laden description. the erogenous spaces between the hips, the very specific "wilderness" therein,
    - "trip begins with a kiss" usually, yes. :)

    Oh, I stop here: you can find the rest, :)
    (apologies in advance for analyzing such an exuberant, unapologetic song!)
    -Phase
    Flag warmPhaseon February 29, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:The B-52s specialize in innuendo.
    Flag punkrockchick217on December 12, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I love this song.
    The video is rife with innuendo.
    Flag Major Valoron September 08, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:damn

    what a voice that chick had.....amazing

    great song too
    Flag daddioon April 22, 2004   Link
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    General Comment:Aww, what a cute song. It's one of those songs that just makes you so happy when you hear it.
    Flag noitcelfeRon August 04, 2002   Link

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