Someday I'll be a farmer, working the land I wish I was a farmer, to work with my hands 'Cause it's been too long a ride, too high the fare Well, I built an-climbed a mountain But it wasn't there And I been lookin' all around looked everywhere Well, I built and climbed a mountain But it wasn't there It isn't there, dum ta dum It isn't here, it isn't there, nor anywhere I'm gonna pick an apple right from the tree I'm gonna eat the apple 'cause it grew there for me And it's been to long a ride, too high the fare Well, I built an-climbed a mountain But it wasn't there And I been lookin' all around, looked everywhere To build and climb a mountain if it isn't there It isn't there, dum ta dum It isn't here, it isn't there, nor anywhere I wish I was a farmer, working the land Some day I'll be a farmer to work with my hands 'Cause, it's been too long a ride, too high the fare You know I built and climbed a mountain But it wasn't there And I been lookin' all around, looked everywhere Well, I built an-climbed a mountain, but it wasn't there And I been lookin' all around, looked everywhere To build and climb a mountain if it isn't there It isn't there, dum ta dum It isn't here, it isn't there, nor anywhere I wish I was a farmer, working the land Some day I'll be a farmer to work with my hands Hah da da ti da ti dum dum ti dum da da da dum