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
