enough to be on your way

so the sun shines on his funeral just the same as on a birth

the way it shines on everything that happens here on earth. it rolls across the western sky and back into the sea

and spends the day's last rays upon this fucked-up family

so long old pal. the last time i saw alice

she was leaving santa fe

with a bunch of round-eyed buddhists in a killer chevrolet. said they turned her out of texas

yeah

she burned them down back home

now she's wild with expectation on the edge of the unknown. singing oh

it's enough to be on your way

it's enough just to cover ground

it's enough to be moving on. home

build it behind your eyes

carry it in your heart

safe among your own. they brought her back on a friday night

same day i was born. we sent her up the smokestack

yes

and back into the storm. she blew up over the san juan mountains

she spent herself at last. the threat of heavy weather

that was what she knew best. oh

it's enough to be on your way

it's enough to cover ground

it's enough to be moving on. home

build it behind your eyes

carry it in your heart

safe among your own. it woke me up on a sunday

an hour before the sun. it had me watching the headlights out on highway 591. till i stepped into my trousers

till i pulled my big boots on

i walked out on the mesa and i stumbled on this song

oh

it's enough to be on your way

it's enough just to cover ground

it's enough to be moving on. home

build it behind your eyes

carry it in your heart

safe among your own. so long

old gal.