All I ever wanted for my baby Was to have a better life than the good Lord gave me To turn my back on the Motherland, that's fine We Spirit-Wrestlers have strength and faith But I never thought we'd sail so far away I feel the sea in me, I'm wavering Oh, we'll do the best we can do Continue west brave pacifists we'll help each other through Oh, we'll do the best we can do When we reached the other shore I felt steadier Then by rail we all felt better, yet still My son would not calm down Now this thought haunts me We'd come so far so fast Perhaps his nature was shaped by the ceaseless motion of our path Oh, how is a woman to sooth All these restless souls as they're adapting Oh, we'll do the best we can do While the men work "out" we'll work in and do the planting I have been working my fingers to the bone But I can't replace that his father isn't home Sometimes, like I promised We're together and he shines But it's never soon or long enough for a young man's time line I know why you're so sad boy I can feel it in me too Would you let me sing a hymn with you I know why you're so sad boy I can feel it in me too But those men aren't talking sense to you Those men aren't talking sense to you I remember how it sounded when we were 4,000 strong But now we're scattered like the Gravel from the road we walked here on And the pressure's crept into us like a tale so often told We're like the earth once it's been Broken and the strangest weeds take hold (We're like the earth once it's been Broken and the strangest weeds take hold) (All I ever wanted for my baby was to Have a better life than the good Lord gave me) I had to turn away when he asked me that question 'Cause I know what the Sons of Freedom do I know everything I couldn't tell him what it was that he needed me to say 'Cause he who lives by the sword has cut all hope away Oh, what is a mother to do When there's no tenderness left in the seed she planted Oh, I don't know what I can do Seems this prairie has made a wolf of you This prairie has made a wolf of you