Montana
The first time that I met you I was following my love
Past the old mines and the ranchlands
While the eagles wheeled above
We were looking for a place nobody knew
Somewhere that was off the map
Somewhere that was true
We spent three days out in a cabin in the woods
We got to know each other and ourselves
In a place that had no shoulds
I drew a heart ‘round our initials in the dirt
As she reached out for the sunlight
In a pink Ohio shirt
(C) Oh Montana
Where I get high on elevation
Where the sky’s
The size of my imagination
Oh Montana
Where I learned to roam
Oh my home
Away from home
I came back once I had learned to mountaineer
Drove through Missoula and through Hamilton
And then I disappeared
Neal and I met up under a wildfire sky
We walked into the Bitterroots
And left the world behind
Two days of climbing and we’d summitted the peak
But on the way back down the sun set
And things were looking pretty bleak
We followed cairns with flashlights till the night turned into day
And when the valley filled with sunlight
I knew that we’d be okay
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We came back to the cabin when the winter, with its snows
Had turned all the trees to statues
And had buried all the roads
So we ditched the cars and loaded up the sleds
Hiked on through an icy wonderland
Our dogs ran up ahead
Till in the fading of the day we saw a light
A silhouette that was familiar
Shelter from the coming night
And as the wind and snow blew in throughout the week
The fire and the laughter kept us warm
A happy family
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