Enough To Be On Your Way

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So the sun shines on this funeral
 Just the same as on a birth
 The way it shines on everything
 That happens here on Earth
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 It rolls across the western sky
 And back into the sea
 And spends the days' last rays
 Upon this fucked-up family
 So long old pal
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 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 'em down back home
 Now she's wild with expectation
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 On the edge of the unknown singing
 Oh, it's enough to be on your way
 It's enough to cover ground
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 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
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 Same day I was born
 We sent her up the smoke stack
 Yes, and back into the storm
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 She blew up over the San Juan Mountains
 
 She spent herself at last
 The threat of heavy weather
 That was what she knew the best
 
 Oh, it's enough to be on your way
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 It's enough just to cover ground
 It's enough to be moving on
 Home, better build it behind your eyes
 Carry it in your heart
 Safe among your own
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 It woke me up on a Sunday
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 An hour before the sun
 It had me watching the headlights
 Out on highway 591
 'Til I stepped into my trousers
 
 'Til 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 to cover ground
 ♪
 It's enough to be moving on
 Home, boy, build it behind your eyes
 ♪
 Carry it in your heart
 ♪
 Safe among your own
 So long, old gal
 

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Duration
05:26
Key
2
Tempo
111 BPM

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