Oregon

I was raised in Oregon
 By the mountains and the streams
 Raised by the rugged
 The wild and the free
 And I'm a dreamer
 Of better days to come
 Behind the lion
 That said it wasn't afraid
 Spend many evenings
 Crying through the night
 [?] searching
 How to get a life right
 Oh you never know
 Where life can go
 If you don't let down your fear
 Oh you'll never find
 What you're searching for
 Until you learn how
 How to set it free
 My parents left me
 When I was really young
 They left me in [?]
 With the setting of the sun
 But I held my head high
 I said by goodbyes
 And moved on
 My grandparents picked up
 The pieces where they fell
 They told me that everyone
 Got a story to tell
 And we're all searching
 For someone to belong
 Oh you never know
 Where life can go
 If you don't let down your fear
 Oh you'll never find
 What you're searching for
 Until you learn how
 How to set it free
 Well I once heard a wise man say
 That if you want love you gotta give it away
 [?] when it comes, we'll sacrifice
 And those of you who lose it, find life
 Gotta set it free
 I was raised in Oregon
 By the mountains and the streams
 Raised by the rugged
 The wild and the free
 And I'm a dreamer
 Of better days to come