[00:00.01] He was born in the Bitterroot valley in the early morning rain
[00:08.57] Wild geese over the water, heading north and home again
[00:12.62] Bringin' a warm wind from the south, bringin' the first taste of the spring
[00:17.10] His mother took him to her breast, softly she did sing
[00:22.03] Oh, oh, oh, oh, Montana, give this child a home
[00:26.72] Give him a love of a good family and a woman of his own
[00:31.27] Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
[00:36.19] Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies
[00:42.00] His mother died that summer and he never learned to cry
[00:48.71] He never knew his father and he never did ask why
[00:53.42] And he never knew the answers that would make an easy way
[00:57.52] But he learned to know the wilderness and to be a man that way
[01:02.20] His mother's brother took him in to his family and his home
[01:07.39] Gave him a hand that he could lean on and a strength to call his own
[01:11.96] And he learned to be a farmer and he learned to love the land
[01:15.86] And he learned to read the seasons and he learned to make a stand
[01:20.44] Oh, oh, oh, oh, Montana, give this child a home
[01:25.61] Give him a love of a good family and a woman of his own
[01:30.07] Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
[01:37.81] Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies
[01:42.02] On the eve of his twenty first birthday, he set out on his own
[01:47.84] He was thirty years and runnin' when he found his way back home
[01:51.54] Ridin' a storm across the mountains and an achin' in his heart
[01:56.41] Said he came to turn the pages and to make a brand new start
[02:00.55] Now he never told the story of the time that he was gone
[02:05.88] Some say he was a lawyer, some say he was a John
[02:10.33] There was something in the city that he said he couldn't breathe
[02:14.86] There was something in the country that he said he couldn't leave
[02:18.95] Oh, oh, oh, oh, Montana, give this child a home
[02:23.79] Give him a love of a good family and a woman of his own
[02:28.32] Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
[02:31.87] Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies
[02:38.57] Now some say he was crazy, some are glad he's gone
[02:59.95] Some of us will miss him, we'll try to carry on
[03:03.56] Giving a voice to the forest, giving a voice to the dawn
[03:08.00] Giving a voice to the wilderness and the land that he lived on
[03:12.87] Oh, oh, oh, oh, Montana, give this child a home
[03:17.63] Give him a love of a good family and a woman of his own
[03:21.90] Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
[03:24.37] Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies
[03:31.95] Oh, oh, oh, oh, Montana, give this child a home
[03:36.92] Give him a love of a good family and a woman of his own
[03:40.60] Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
[03:45.95] Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies