Emmylou Harris Feat John Denver Wild Montana Skies Lyrics

Wild Montana Skies Lyrics

He was born in the Bitteroot Valley in the early morning rain  

 Wild geese over the water, heading 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 his 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  

    

 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 achin' in his heart  

 Said he came 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  

 There was something in the country that he said he couldn't leave  

 Now some say he was crazy and some are glad he's gone  

    

 But 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 he lived on