Big Rock Candy Mountain

Big Rock Candy Mountain
Traditional
New Lyrics by John Forster & Tom Chapin
© 1988 Limousine Music Co. & The Last Music Co. (ASCAP)

I’ll tell you ’bout a land I know
That’s not so far from here.
And every time you blink your eyes
The strangest things appear...
Oh the buzzing of the bees
In the Bubble Gum Trees
And the Soda Water fountain.
The Lemonade Springs
Where the bluebird sings
In the Big Rock Candy Mountain.

Oh, the Big Rock Candy Mountain
Is a perfect place for kids.
Your allowance grows on bushes
And the cookie jars don’t have lids.
You can have your choice of any pet
In the Big Rock Candy Zoo.
There’s a Root Beer Lake you can dive into,
You can paddle all around it in a big canoe
In the Big Rock Candy Mountain.
Oh the buzzing of the bees
In the Bubble Gum Trees
And the Soda Water fountain.
The Lemonade Springs
Where the bluebird sings
In the Big Rock Candy Mountain.

In the Big Rock Candy Mountain
You never change your socks!
And little streams of apple juice
Come a-bubblin’ down the rocks.
There’s no such thing as homework.
It’s your birthday all the time.
You can stay up late and your folks don’t care,
You can come to lunch in your underwear
In the Big Rock Candy Mountain.
Oh the buzzing of the bees
In the Bubble Gum Trees
And the Soda Water fountain.
The Lemonade Springs
Where the bluebird sings
In the Big Rock Candy Mountain.

This song appears on Tom Chapin's Family Tree CD.

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