Wild Montana Skies

This song appears on nine albums, and was first released on the it's about time album, and has also been released on the greatest hits vol 3, changes, the very best of john denver (double cd),

Ry classics, the country roads collection and the rocky mountain collection albums. a live version also appears on the wildlife concert and the best of john denver live albums.



He was born in the bitterroot valley in the early morning rain

Wild geese over the water headin' north and home again

Bringin' a warm wind from the south

Bringin' the first taste of the spring

His mother took him to her breast and 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

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 family and his home

Gave him a hand that he could lean on and a 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



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



On the eve of his 21st birthday he set out on his own

He was 30 years and runnin' when he found his way back home

Ridin' a storm across the mountains and an aching in his heart

Said he came to turn the pages and to make a brand new start



Now he never told a story of the time that he was gone

Some say he was a lawyer, some say he was a john

There was somethin' in the city that he said he couldn't breathe

And there was somethin' in the country that he said he couldn't leave



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 say he was crazy and they're glad that he is gone

But some of us 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 he lived on



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



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



Words and music by john denver


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