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 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 a 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 here?s 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 pilot?s 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 nothin? to lose and heaven to gain      Here?s to Alaska, here?s to the people   Here?s to the wild and here?s to the free   Here?s to my life in a chosen country   Here?s to Alaska and me      Oh, for the fire on a cold winter?s night   And once more to gaze at the great northern lights   For all of the beauty my children will see   Here?s to Alaska and me      Here?s to Alaska, here?s to the people   Here?s to the wild and here?s to the free   Here?s to my life in a chosen country   Here?s to Alaska and me