Let the Bear in

Verse 1]

Midnight in Cascade, the wind was still

Stars hung low over pine and hill

My boy cried out from a dream gone wrong

But what was waiting wasn’t just a song

I ran down the hall with a pounding heart

His little voice tearing me apart

He pointed out toward the window frame

And what I saw lit a fire like flame

There was a bear tryin’ to crawl inside

The window open, screen torn wide

Paws on the sill, head coming through

My blood ran cold, but I knew what to do

I hollered loud, threw a punch with might

Hit that bear square in the moonlit night

He came once and ran again…

But he came back to try again

Few nights later, same old game

That bear returned like it knew my name

My boy was sleepin’ with his brothers near

In that same room the beast came clear

I grabbed my gun without a stitch

Bare as the truth, not feelin’ an itch

Stepped in slow, my nerves held tight

Faced that bear in the silver light

There was a bear tryin’ to crawl inside

The screen was gone, no place to hide

His head was back where it didn’t belong

But this time I was locked and strong

One clean shot, and he was done

Fell back lifeless under the moon

He came back to try again…

So I let that bear come in

Now his hide hangs on my wall

A Montana tale that beats ‘em all

Don’t mess with a father’s love at night

We fight with fists or firelight

There was a bear tryin’ to crawl inside

But I stood tall with my son behind

He picked the wrong house, wrong kind of man

Now he’s part of the story of how I stand

He wanted in, so I let him stay

But not in the way he planned that day

He came back to try again…

So I let that bear come in

Yeah, he came back to try again…

So I let that bear come in.