The sun shines on this funeral
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 'em down back home
Now she's wild with expectation 
On the edge of the unknown

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 smoke stack
And back into the storm
She blew up over the San Juan mountains
And 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 
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

It woke me up on a Sunday
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 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