He was born in the Bitterroot Valley
in the early morning rain
Walking east over the water,
heading north to home again
Bringing a warm wind from the south
and the first taste of the spring
His mother took him to her breast
Oh Montana, give this child a home
Give him the love of a good family
Give him the fire in his heart,
give him the light in his eyes
Give him the wild wind for a brother
His mother died that summer
and he never learned to cry
He never knew the answers
they could make an easy way
He learned to love the wilderness
took him into his family and his home
In the hand he could lean on
and strength to call his own
And he learned to be a farmer
and he learned to love the land
He learned to read the seasons
and he learned to make a stand
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 a wild wind for a brother
On the eve of his 21st birthday,
He was thirty years and running
when he found his way back home
Riding the storm across the mountains
Said he came to turn the pages
and to make a brand new start
Now he never told the 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
There was something in the country
that he said he couldn't read
Oh, Montana, give this child a home
Give him a love, a good family,
Give him a fire in his heart,
give him a light in his eyes
Give him a wild wind for a brother
Yeah, some say he was crazy,
But some of us will miss him
and we'll try to carry on
Givin' a voice to the forest,
givin' a voice to the dawn
And a voice to the wilderness
and the land that he left home
Whoa, 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 a wild wind for a brother
in the wild Montana skies
Montana, give his 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 a wild wind for a brother,
and the wild Montana skies
