He was born in the Bitterroot Valley
in the early morning rain
Wild geese over the water
heading north and home again
Bringing a warm wind from the south
Bringing the first taste of the spring
His mother took him to her breast
Oh, oh Montana, give this child a home
Give him the love of a good family
Give him a fire in his heart,
give him a light in his eyes
Give him the wild wind for a brother
and the wild Montana skies
His mother's brother took him in
to his family and his home
Gave him a hand that he could lean on
and a strength to call his own
And he learned to be a farmer
and he learned to love the land
And he learned to read the seasons
and he learned to make a stand
Oh, oh Montana, give this child a home
Give him the love of a good family
Give him a fire in his heart,
give him a light in his eyes
Give him the wild wind for a brother
and the wild Montana skies
On the eve of his twenty-first birthday
He was thirty years and running
when he found his way back home
Riding a storm across the mountains
and an aching in his heart
Said he came to turn the pages
and to make a brand new start
Now he never told a story
of the time that he was gone
Some say he was a lawyer,
There was something in the city
that he said he couldn't breathe
And there was something in the country
that he said he couldn't leave
Oh, oh Montana, give this child a home
Give him the love of a good family
Give him a fire in his heart,
give him a light in his eyes
Give him the wild wind for a brother
Now some say he was crazy,
Some of us will miss him,
Giving a voice to the forest,
giving a voice to the dawn
Giving a voice to the wilderness
and the land that he lived on
Oh, oh Montana, give this child a home
Give him the love of a good family
Give him a fire in his heart,
give him a light in his eyes
Give him the wild wind for a brother
and the wild Montana skies
Oh, oh Montana, give this child a home
Give him the love of a good family
Give him a fire in his heart,
give him a light in his eyes
Give him the wild wind for a brother
and the wild Montana skies
