John Denver
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in the early morning rain
wild geese over the water
headed north and home again
bringing the warm wind from the south
bringing the first taste of the spring
his mother took him to her breast
softly she did sing.....
oh, Montana
give this child a home
give him the love of a good family
and a woman of his own
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 died that summer
and he never learned to cry
he never knew his father
and he never did ask why
and he never knew the answers
that would make an easy way
but he learned to know the wilderness
and to be a man that way
his mother's brother took him in
to his family and his home
gave him a hand that he could lean on
and the 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
on the eve of his twenty-first birthday.
he set out on his own
he was thirty years and running
when he finally made it home
riding the storm across the mountains
and an aching in his heart
said he'd come 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
some say he was a john
there was something in the city
that he said he couldn't breathe
something in the country
that he said he couldn't leave
oh, oh, oh, Montana
give this child a home
give him the love of a good family
and a woman of his own
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
now some said he was crazy
some are glad he's gone
some of us will miss him
and we'll try to carry on
giving a voice to the forest
giving a voice to the dawn
giving a voice to the wilderness
and the land that we live on
oh, oh, oh, Montana
give this child a home
give him the love of a good family
and a woman of his own
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
you are now leaving montana...
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