The song Wild Montana Skies is performed by John Denver in the album named Country Roads Collection in the year 1997 .
He was born in the Bitterroot 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, softly she did sing
Oh, oh, oh, oh, Montana, give this child a home
Give him a 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 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, oh, oh, oh, Montana, give this child a home
Give him a 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 twenty first birthday, he set out on his own
He was thirty 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
Oh, oh, oh, oh, Montana, give this child a home
Give him a 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, some are glad he's gone
Some of us will miss him, 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, oh, oh, oh, Montana, give this child a home
Give him a 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, oh, oh, oh, Montana, give this child a home
Give him a 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
John Denver - Country Roads Collection
- Circus
- Catch Another Butterfly
- Daydream
- Molly
- Sticky Summer Weather
- Isabel
- City Of New Orleans
- All Of My Memories
- Casey's Last Ride
- Polka Dots And Moonbeams
- In The Grand Way
- Dearest Esmerelda
- Southwind
- Garden Song
- What's On Your Mind
- You're So Beautiful
- In My Heart
- The Mountain Song
- Song For The Life
- If Ever
- I'm In The Mood To Be Desired Tonight
- Don't Close Your Eyes, Tonight
- Love Is The Master
- I Can't Escape
- Leaving On A Jet Plane
- Rhymes And Reasons
- Follow Me
- Aspenglow
- Sunshine On My Shoulders
- My Sweet Lady
- Take Me Home, Country Roads
- I Guess He'd Rather Be In Colorado
- Poems, Prayers And Promises
- Starwood In Aspen
- The Eagle And The Hawk
- Friends With You
- Rocky Mountain High
- For Baby (For Bobbie)
- Goodbye Again
- We Don't Live Here No More
- I'd Rather Be A Cowboy (Lady's Chains)
- Farewell Andromeda (Welcome To My Morning)
- Rocky Mountain Suite (Cold Nights In Canada)
- Annie's Song
- Back Home Again
- Grandma's Feather Bed
- Sweet Surrender
- Eclipse
- Thank God I'm A Country Boy
- This Old Guitar
- Spirit
- Song Of Wyoming
- I'm Sorry
- Windsong
- Looking For Space
- Fly Away
- Calypso
- Come And Let Me Look In Your Eyes
- Like A Sad Song
- How Can I Leave You Again
- Ripplin' Waters
- It Amazes Me
- Singing Skies And Dancing Waters
- Thirsty Boots
- I Want To Live
- Autograph
- Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)
- Country Love
- Dreams
- Heart To Heart
- Shanghai Breezes
- Seasons Of The Heart
- Perhaps Love
- Falling Out Of Love
- It's About Time
- Wild Montana Skies
- Dreamland Express
- Don't Close Your Eyes, Tonight
- I Can't Escape
- Love Again
- Flying For Me