Alaska And Me Lyrics

Alaska And Me

This song appears on three albums, and was first released on the Higher Ground
Album, and has also been released on The Gift You Are and The John Denver
Collection - Calypso Albums.

When I was a child and I lived in the
city
I dreamed of Alaska so far away
And I dreamed I was flying over
mountains and glaciers
Somehow I knew Id live there one day

Well it
took me some growin, and a fair bit of schoolin
And a little bit of trouble
to get on the move
And I felt like a loser but I turned out the
winner
When I came to Alaska the land that I love

Heres to Alaska,
heres to the people
Heres to the wild and heres to the free
Heres to my
life in a chosen country
Heres to Alaska and me

I was born in a cabin
on Little Mulchatna
Raised in hard times but I had a good life
From the
first time I flew with my father a singin
I knew that Id wind up a bush
pilots wife

We sleep near the sound of a slow running river
And wake
up most mornings to a drizzling rain
And we face every day like the first or
the last one
With nothin to lose and heaven to gain

Heres to Alaska,
heres to the people
Heres to the wild and heres to the free
Heres to my
life in a chosen country
Heres to Alaska and me

Oh, for the fire on a
cold winters night
And once more to gaze at the great northern lights
For
all of the beauty my children will see
Heres to Alaska and me

Heres
to Alaska, heres to the people
Heres to the wild and heres to the
free
Heres to my life in a chosen country
Heres to Alaska and
me

Words and music by John Denver