[00:00.82]john denver-wild montana skies
[00:07.27]He was in the born bitterroot valley in the early morning rain
[00:11.46]Wild geese over the water headin north and home again
[00:15.27]Bringin a warm wind from the south
[00:17.09]Bringin the first taste of the spring
[00:19.15]His mother took him to her breast and softly she did sing
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[00:24.26]Oh montana, give this child a home
[00:29.07]Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own
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[00:33.39]Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
[00:36.07]Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild montana skies
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[00:45.32]His mother died that summer and he never learned to cry
[00:49.00]He never knew his father and he never did ask why
[00:53.12]He never knew the answers that would make an easy way
[00:56.68]But he learned to know the wilderness and to be a man that way
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[01:01.94]His mothers brother took him in to family and his home
[01:05.74]Gave him a hand that he could lean on and a strength to call his own
[01:10.10]And he learned to be a farmer and he learned to love the land
[01:13.99]And he learned to read the seasons and he learned to make a stand
[01:18.31]Oh montana, give this child a home
[01:22.87]Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own
[01:26.55]Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
[01:30.79]Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild montana skies
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[01:39.20]On the eve of his 21st birthday he set out on his own
[01:43.13]He was 30 years and runnin when he found his way back home
[01:47.06]Ridin a storm across the mountains and an aching in his heart
[01:50.75]Said he came to turn the pages and to make a brand new start
[01:56.36]Now he never told a story of the time that he was gone
[02:00.23]Some say he was a lawyer, some say he was a john
[02:04.29]There was somethin in the city that he said he couldnt breathe
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[02:08.80]And there was somethin in the country that he said he couldnt leave
[02:13.35]Oh montana, give this child a home
[02:17.54]Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own
[02:21.05]Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
[02:25.10]Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild montana skies
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[02:46.29]Now some say he was crazy and theyre glad that he is gone
[02:50.72]But some of us miss him and well try to carry on
[02:54.52]Giving a voice to the forest, giving a voice to the dawn
[02:58.45]Giving a voice to the wilderness and the land that he lived on
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[03:03.82]Oh montana, give this child a home
[03:08.32]Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own
[03:12.38]Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
[03:16.31]Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild montana skies
[03:22.49]Oh montana, give this child a home
[03:26.42]Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own
[03:30.22]Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
[03:34.34]Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild montana skies