Mother, as
I write, the sun dissolves
Blood life streaming, 'cross my hand
And these words, these words
Hope dashed immortal hope
Hope streaking the canvas sky
Blue poles infinitely winding
As I write, as
I writeBlue poles infinitely winding
As I write, as
I writeWe joined the long caravan
Hungry, dreaming, going west
Just for work, just to get a job
And we never got lucky
We just forged on, and the dust
The endless dust, like a plague
It covered everything
Hal fell, with the fever
And mother
I did, what
I couldBlue poles infinitely winding
As I write, as
I writeBlue poles infinitely winding
As I write, as
I writeWe prayed, we prayed for rain
I never wanted, to see the sun again

We left behind, on the road,
Hal died, in my arms
We buried him, by the river
Blue poles infinitely winding
As I write, as
I writeBlue poles infinitely winding
As I write, as
I write, I write