Alaska And Me

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 that 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

R: 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 I'd wind up a bush pilots wife

We sleep near the sound of a slow running river

Wake up most mornings to a drizzling rain

We live every day like the first or the last one

With nothing to lose and heaven to gain

R: Heres to Alaska...

Oh, for a fire on a cold winters night

Once more to gaze at the great Northern lights

For all of the beauty my children will see

Heres to Alaska and me

R: Heres to Alaska...

Oh, heres to Alaska and me