[00:04.19]He was born in the bitterroot valley in the early morning rain
[00:08.61]Wild geese over the water headin' north and home again
[00:12.56]Bringin' a warm wind from the south
[00:14.58]Bringin' the first taste of the spring
[00:17.13]His mother took him to her breast and softly she did sing
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[00:22.58]Oh montana, give this child a home
[00:26.69]Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own
[00:31.02]Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
[00:35.42]Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild montana skies
[00:43.24]
[00:44.64]His mother died that summer and he never learned to cry
[00:48.85]He never knew his father and he never did ask why
[00:53.31]He never knew the answers that would make an easy way
[00:57.59]But he learned to know the wilderness and to be a man that way
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[01:02.92]His mother's brother took him in to family and his home
[01:07.23]Gave him a hand that he could lean on and a strength to call his own
[01:11.64]And he learned to be a farmer and he learned to love the land
[01:15.98]And he learned to read the seasons and he learned to make a stand
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[01:21.32]Oh montana, give this child a home
[01:25.88]Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own
[01:30.04]Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
[01:34.34]Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild montana skies
[01:41.69]
[01:43.16]On the eve of his 21st birthday he set out on his own
[01:47.34]He was 30 years and runnin' when he found his way back home
[01:51.58]Ridin' a storm across the mountains and an aching in his heart
[01:55.85]Said he came to turn the pages and to make a brand new start
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[02:01.42]Now he never told a story of the time that he was gone
[02:05.69]Some say he was a lawyer, some say he was a john
[02:10.00]There was somethin' in the city that he said he couldn't breathe
[02:14.21]And there was somethin' in the country that he said he couldn't leave
[02:19.46]Oh montana, give this child a home
[02:23.71]Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own
[02:27.97]Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
[02:32.34]Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild montana skies
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[02:55.01]Now some say he was crazy and some glad that he is gone
[02:59.36]But some of us miss him and we'll try to carry on
[03:03.24]Giving a voice to the forest, giving a voice to the dawn
[03:07.49]Giving a voice to the wilderness and the land that he lived on
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[03:12.94]Oh montana, give this child a home
[03:17.20]Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own
[03:21.47]Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
[03:25.90]Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild montana skies
[03:32.30]Oh montana, give this child a home
[03:36.51]Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own
[03:40.66]Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
[03:45.10]Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild montana skies