One, two, three, and two, two Gonna build a mountain From a little hill Gonna build me a mountain 'Least I hope I will Gonna build a mountain Gonna build it high I don't know how I'm gonna do it I only know I'm gonna try Gonna build me a daydream from a little hope Gonna push that daydream up the mountain slope Gonna build a daydream, gonna see it through Gonna build a mountain and a daydream Gonna make them both come true Gonna build me a heaven from a little hell Gonna build me a heaven and I know darn well That if I build my mountain, yeah, with a lot of care And take my daydream up the mountain And Heaven will be waitin' there Oh, yeah Oh, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah When I build that heaven as I will someday And the Lord sends Gabriel to take me away Ah, what a fine young son to take my place I'll leave a son in a heaven on earth With the good Lord's grace