He was born in the Bitterroot valley in the morning rain Wild geese over the water, heading north and home Bringin' a warm from the south, bringin' the first taste of the spring His mother took him to her breast, she did sing
Oh, oh, oh, oh, Montana, give child a home Give him a love of a family and a woman of his own Give him a fire in his heart, him a light in his eyes him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies
His mother that summer and he never learned to cry He never knew his father and he did ask why And he never knew the answers that would make an way But he learned to know the wilderness and to be a man way
His brother took him in to his family and his home him a hand that he could lean on and a strength to call his own And he to be a farmer and he learned to love the land And he learned to read the seasons and he to make a stand
Oh, oh, oh, oh, Montana, this child a home Give him a love of a good family and a of his own Give him a fire in his heart, him a light in his eyes Give him the wild for a brother and the wild Montana skies
On the eve of his first birthday, he set out on his own He was thirty and runnin' when he found his way back home Ridin' a storm the mountains and an achin' in his heart Said he to turn the pages and to make a brand new start
Now he told the story of the time that he was gone Some say he was a lawyer, say he was a John was something in the city that he said he couldn't breathe There was something in the country he said he couldn't leave
Oh, oh, oh, oh, Montana, give this child a Give him a love of a family and a woman of his own Give him a fire in his heart, give him a in his eyes Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild skies
Now say he was crazy, some are glad he's gone Some of us will miss him, try to carry on Giving a to the forest, giving a voice to the dawn Giving a voice to the and the land that he lived on
Oh, oh, oh, oh, Montana, give child a home Give him a love of a family and a woman of his own Give him a fire in his heart, him a light in his eyes Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild skies
Oh, oh, oh, oh, Montana, this child a home Give him a love of a good family and a of his own Give him a fire in his heart, him a light in his eyes Give him the wild for a brother and the wild Montana skies