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 glasciers

Somehow I knew that I'd 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 loser but I turned out the winner

When I came to Alaska the land that I love



Here's to Alaska here's to the people

Here's to the wild and heres to the free

Here's to my life in a chosen country

Here's 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

And wake up most mornings to a drizzling rain

And we face every day like the first or the last one

With nothing to lose and heaven to gain



Here's to Alaska here's to the people

Here's to the wild and heres to the free

Here's to my life in a chosen country

Here's to Alaska and me



Oh for a fire on a cold winters night

And once more to gaze at the great Northernlights

For all of the beauty my children will see

Heres to Alaska and me



Here's to Alaska here's to the people

Here's to the wild and heres to the free

Here's to my life in a chosen country

Here's to Alaska and me