[00:01.57]by Elitelee
[00:03.92]to my lovely Amy
[00:04.69]He was born in the bitterroot valley in the early morning rain
[00:09.13]Wild geese over the water headin' north and home again
[00:13.30]Bringin' a warm wind from the south
[00:15.07]Bringin' the first taste of the spring
[00:17.52]His mother took him to her breast and softly she did sing
[00:23.37]
[00:24.00]Oh montana, give this child a home
[00:27.29]Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own
[00:31.55]Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
[00:36.09]Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild montana skies
[00:44.95]His mother died that summer and he never learned to cry
[00:49.24]He never knew his father and he never did ask why
[00:53.58]He never knew the answers that would make an easy way
[00:57.97]But he learned to know the wilderness and to be a man that way
[01:03.49]His mother's brother took him in to family and his home
[01:07.43]Gave him a hand that he could lean on and a strength to call his own
[01:11.89]And he learned to be a farmer and he learned to love the land
[01:16.41]And he learned to read the seasons and he learned to make a stand
[01:21.77]Oh montana, give this child a home
[01:25.94]Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own
[01:30.20]Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
[01:34.76]Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild montana skies
[01:43.59]On the eve of his 21st birthday he set out on his own
[01:47.78]He was 30 years and runnin' when he found his way back home
[01:52.15]Ridin' a storm across the mountains and an aching in his heart
[01:56.27]Said he came to turn the pages and to make a brand new start
[02:02.73]Now he never told a story of the time that he was gone
[02:06.17]Some say he was a lawyer, some say he was a john
[02:09.99]There was somethin' in the city that he said he couldn't breathe
[02:14.42]And there was somethin' in the country that he said he couldn't leave
[02:19.72]Oh montana, give this child a home
[02:24.01]Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own
[02:28.13]Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
[02:32.79]Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild montana skies
[02:42.27]by Elitelee
[02:46.95]to my lovely Amy
[02:55.37]Now some say he was crazy and they're glad that he is gone
[02:59.69]But some of us miss him and we'll try to carry on
[03:03.70]Giving a voice to the forest, giving a voice to the dawn
[03:07.94]Giving a voice to the wilderness and the land that he lived on
[03:13.62]Oh montana, give this child a home
[03:17.76]Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own
[03:21.23]Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
[03:27.63]Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild montana skies
[03:33.59]Oh montana, give this child a home
[03:36.75]Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own
[03:40.64]Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
[03:45.85]Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild montana skies