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 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 Mul  chatna 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 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 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 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,  heres to  Alaska and  me