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