Emigrant, Mt

Immigrants to Emigrant, dusty as the road Thankful as Wyoming's plains to find the Yellowstone Sit and watch her carve a slice of Paradise below Making up the story as she goes Picture window picture frame, proscenium display Big sky, no wonder why the Crazy Mountains stay The osprey and the prairie dogs, they do their dance all day Spirited, and spirited away I lay my line at suppertime, I throw my fly again The mountain lets the river sip the snowmelt from its hands Unlicensed and undisciplined and humbled in the end I left the fish for bears and better men Cherry pancakes, pecan pie, a table set for four And company like paint pot steam, colorful and warm Fireworks they light the Fourth, level with our eyes Wildfire country kind of skies Fresh to full the moon's refilled to lead the night's parade Far more stars than I have words or wishes I could make There's church and then there's Chico Springs or the river down to Pray But me, I'm just a Teton man I'd say Emigrants from Emigrant, home and back to home With memories and all our needs packed up as we drove Thank you very, thank you much, and thank you awful so For Montana and a taste of Yellowstone